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Quick bits with Chef Rick Bayless Cameron University started as an agricultural college. Moving forward, how can we as a university keep our agricultural heritage and our ag program sustainable in modern times and during a tough economy?
What we have to do is realize that we are in an era where we have gone from pre-world-war approach to agriculture to a post-world-war two approach, which basically went to big agribusinesses and that sort of thing, and we have taught how to do that in the school very successfully. Now we’re realizing that that might not be the total answer, and we need to develop other ways of thinking about agriculture … That’s the way we developed as human beings, and what my encouragement would be to every agricultural program is to recognize that this is going to be something that is not going to go away and lead the pack in exploring how that can be integrated into a program.
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How has your background in anthropology influenced your cooking and your efforts in sustainability?
You can look at any plate of food and it can tell you so much about the people who created it: it can tell you about where they are cooking, what they value, what kinds of things in the aesthetic world they love, and it can tell you a lot about their history. The more I traveled to Mexico and the longer I lived there, the more I understood that every plate was telling a full story, and I loved hearing those stories. When I came back from Mexico, I wanted to be able to tell stories too because I really believe that you can learn so much from people. I have often said that the United Nation meetings [should be] held around tables where all the people [are] discussing things while they [are] sharing food from the same plates, bowls, platters. We would have a very different approach to the world. Once you share food with somebody, you have a relationship to them than if they are just the other. Suddenly, we’ve all kind of become one because we all recognize that we have to have food to live, and we recognize that you nourish yourself in a different way than I nourish myself but for one this is good and for two you see the person in a new light.
In the city of Lawton, we have many fast food restaurants. Do you have any suggestions on how to get people in the community, such as college students or military personnel, away from the drive thrus and back into the kitchen?
It is a really big endeavor to try to get people to start making food for themselves. I say the first thing that you have to do is get some good food in your hands, and I’m really happy that I can say that the farmers-market era is fully upon us … We have to take it in baby steps. When I was a kid, everyone cooked all the time. I remember very vividly that going to one of the chain restaurants like McDonalds was a major ordeal for us and we would do it once or twice during the summer as a special thing for being off school, and now it is just what every body eats all the time. I think we have to start to tip it back in the other direction because it is better for our health if we are eating more fruits and vegetables, but we have to have better fruits and vegetables or no body is going to want to go back to it.
What are some advantages to getting kids at a very young age cooking at home in the kitchen?
I say that you have to start them off knowing how to make really basic things … I mean really actually making something from scratch … If you make something, you want to share it with other people. Make them part of the meal. We have to invite kids from an early age to participate in cooking, so they are comfortable with the basic stuff. They don’t have to know how to do the fancy stuff.
Have you noticed customers appreciating what you’ve brought to the table at your restaurants?
Once you seduce somebody with something that is delicious, they are completely open to hearing why it is so delicious, and we can tell our story about the farmers that grew the stuff for us, the way we learned how to make this dish in Mexico through some of our staff trips there. We can share so much more stuff with them, and then they want to come back because when they leave the restaurant they feel good about being there, what they are supporting, what they are eating; it is the whole package. The questions and answers in the Q&A occured during the 20-minute press conference at 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 25 in the Buddy Green Room. The press, which included KSWO Channel 7, The Cameron Collegian and KCCU, took the f loor to ask these questions to Chef Rick Bayless.
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The 2014-15 academic festival kicked off at 3:30 p.m., on Sept. 25 in the MCC Ballroom when Chef Rick Bayless visited with CU students. At 7:30 p.m., he delivered a keynote address to a packed audience of students, alumni and CU supporters in the University Theatre. Bayless, an Oklahoma native and advocate for sustainable practices in the food industry, is the owner of multiple restaurants in the Chicago area. He is also the first winner of “Top Chef Masters,” the host of “Mexico-One Plate at a Time,” which airs on PBS, and the author of eight cookbooks including “Mexico-One Plate at a Time,” which won the James Beard Best International Cookbook Award. Bayless said sustainability is something people can keep doing – it is a development that meets the needs of the present without compromising future generations’ ability to develop. Frontera Grill, Bayless’s first restaurant, opened its doors in 1987, and he said at first it was not a sustainable endeavor. “Our restaurant has been around for 28 years now,” Bayless said, “and we started with what I would say was unsustainable, just sort of the standard-issue restaurant procedure.” Over the years, he and
his colleagues have learned how to develop a sustainable model for his restaurants and the Frontera Farmer Foundation, which supports local, organic farming. He said most restaurants produce considerable waste and use a lot of energy, whereas his model is to promote sustainability by buying locally, recycling and turning food waste into compost. “A light bulb went off in my head that said, ‘Wait a second, I just moved back from Mexico where every region that had great agriculture had great cuisine. Maybe I need to start exploring local agriculture,’” Bayless said, “and over these 28 years we have been one of the leaders to develop more local agriculture, especially through our farmer foundation.” The move to sustainability has been beneficial, and one of the messages he shared with the crowd is that his success is in part a result of his relationship with local agriculture. “Whenever there is great food and great agriculture, the two go hand in hand,” Bayless said. “People need to eat local, fresh food. Local agriculture keeps you more tuned to the seasons, it is fresher, it tastes better and it is from local terrain.” Bayless proposed that local agriculture benefits local communities. Widespread use of local agriculture can in turn benefit the entire country. “I say we have to think about agriculture in a different way for the health of our country because we
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have to get people to connect back to the local source of some ingredients,” Bayless said. “As human beings, we are built to eat sustainable stuff that grows around us. That’s the way we developed as human beings.” Bayless has noticed a trend that many people in this country primarily eat fast food instead of cooking. He said during his childhood, his family rarely ate out, but in today’s society eating on the go is oftentimes the norm rather than the exception. “If we want to be a healthy country, we are going to have to connect our food in a new way, pushing processed food to the side,” he said. While food from chain and fast food restaurants is largely processed, Bayless said much of the food available at grocery stores is also unhealthy. “A lot of what we find in the grocery stores, the commodity stuff, is not all that delicious,” Bayless said. “It is grown to be picked early and shipped a long
distance.” The country is saturated with fast and commodity food. Bayless suggested that attending farmer’s markets and sourcing ingredients locally is a starting point for the transition from drivethrus back to the kitchen. “I’m really happy that I can say that the farmersmarket era is fully upon us,” Bayless said. “So people, at least during the season, can go to a farmer’s market, buy a tomato, slice it up, sprinkle it with some salt and pepper… and have one of the most delicious things in the world, and that is not hard to prepare. We have to take it in baby steps.” The next speaker in the academic festival is Robert Glennon, from the University of Arizona, who will be speaking about water sustainability. He will be on campus on Nov. 18 and tickets will be available midto late Oct. For more information, go to www.cameron.edu/ festival2014-15.
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honor society members. Academic Services Copy Editor Coordinator Lani Malcolm, @KaleyKayPatt the chair of the Public Faculty clothed in Exercises Task Force, provided academic regalia and students general oversight and direction dressed in their professional over the ceremony. She said best gathered to celebrate Convocation is a special event. Cameron’s academic excellence “It’s a joint enterprise at Convocation at 10 a.m. between faculty, students on Sept. 26 in the Fine Arts and staff,” Malcolm said, “so Courtyard. everyone on campus is literally Cameron University holds coming together to celebrate the annual Convocation Cameron’s commitment to to appreciate faculty and academic excellence and the staff and to honor the year’s role that each of us plays in it.” scholarship recipients and When planning for
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Convocation, Malcolm worked with all the different units across campus to put together, coordinate and carry out the event. Every department and honor society was represented at Convocation. “It’s that one time of year where we’re all coming together to celebrate what the university is really here for and what it’s all about,” Malcolm said. Over the years, Convocation has had an array of speakers, but Malcolm said Cameron has chosen to highlight students by selecting student speakers for the past few years. Deans are asked to carry out a nomination process with their faculty. They submit names along with biographical information and reasons why they feel the student would be an excellent speaker. The deans filter the nominations and then give them to Vice President of Academic Affairs Ronna Vanderslice to be evaluated by an executive council. “This is a student event,” Vanderslice said. “This is a student celebration, and we want to take advantage of the opportunity for students to tell their story.” On the morning of Convocation, scholarship recipients and honor society members lined up in the lawn next to music building. Faculty assembled across the pavement from their students and gathered behind the gonfalons from their respected
departments. The gonfalons represented departments that award degrees – 17 undergraduate departments, three graduate programs, one for interdisciplinary studies and one for organizational leadership. Each department selected a student to carry their respective gonfalons. The Cameron University Concert Band started to play and the procession began. The platform party, including Cameron University President John McArthur, Vanderslice, CU SGA President Sidney McCormack and this year’s four student speakers – Thierno Sadou Diallo, Angelica Lopez, Rhiannon Poolaw and Michele Hess – lead the procession into the Fine Arts Courtyard. Scholarship recipients and honor society members followed suit while the gonfalon carriers and faculty trailed behind. The Cameron Army ROTC Color Guard presented the colors, and Alyssa Yates led the singing of the National Anthem. McArthur welcomed students, faculty, staff and guest to this year’s Convocation – his second as President. He expressed his gratitude to those in attendance and applauded the achievements of the students and faculty they were honoring that day. Vanderslice initiated the call to Convocation and voiced that the day’s celebration was
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about and for the students. Vanderslice encouraged students to not be afraid to take chances, even if they may fail. McCormack led the recognition of honor students, which highlighted 26 honor societies, 15 distinguished scholarship programs and multiple departmental scholarships. When the student’s honor society or scholarship was called, they stood up while McCormack gave a brief description of the program or scholarship.
Each student speaker gave their stories about their time spent at Cameron. The four represented different university schools, Business, Educational and Behavioral Sciences, Liberal Arts and Science and Technology, respectively. McArthur wrapped up Convocation by applauding the student speakers and all those who were in attendance. Convocation concluded with the Alma Mater led by Kirk Prucha and the retirement of the colors. Photo by Jereme Cobb
Practice makes perfect: Student speaker Rhiannon Poolaw from the Department of English and Foreign Languages practices her speech before Convocation on Sept. 26 in the Fine Arts Courtyard. Poolaw was one of four students who spoke at the event, Cameron University’s annual commemoration of academic achievement.
Communication student, faculty earn OSTCA honors Jacob Jardel
that way.” However, he mentioned that the research Assistant Managing Editor was not done for the sole purpose of winning @JJardel_Writing awards. “I can tell you that we tend not to do Three Aggies recently won awards at the these things for the rewards,” Justin Walton Oklahoma Speech-Theatre-Communication said. “We tend to do it because we really are Association (OSTCA) Annual Conference. interested in what’s going on, and to be able Associate Professor of Communication to execute a project and to evaluate social Dr. Justin Walton and senior Speech science in the ways that we do – it’s really a Communication major Katelynn Wright rewarding kind of professional activity. brought home awards for their academic “It was a fun project and I’m glad that research, while Director of Forensics Sarah we had an opportunity to share with a large Collins received honors for her coaching audience.” achievements. The other faculty member to receive Walton, in conjunction with Associate honors was Collins, who was elected chair of Professor of Business Law Dr. Aubree OSTCA’s Forensics division and earned the Walton, won the Top Faculty Paper Award. DJ Nabors Outstanding College Forensics Their paper addressed the value appeals used Coach Award. in the first Obama-Romney Presidential She said the honor meant a lot to her Debate in Oct. 2012. because it showed that her peers noticed her Justin Walton said the reaction to winning efforts. the award was as positive as it was humbling. “It’s nice to be recognized,” she said. “It “You do these things because you’re means that someone in the community interested in the work, interested in the nominated you, so that’s nice. We have a research and scholarship,” he said. “To really good core group of coaches on the be recognized by your peers for the work collegiate level in the state of Oklahoma, so it you’ve done – it’s humbling and it’s also very was good to be recognized among them.” rewarding professionally. It’s a nice thing to Justin Walton agreed with this notion. have your work honored and recognized in “We’re very proud of the work that Sarah’s
doing,” he said, “and it’s nice for her to be honored by her peers.” Wright took home the award for Top Student Paper at the conference for a paper she wrote in Justin Walton’s Gender Communication course. She examined opposite-sex workplace interactions in three Asian countries in comparison to the United States. She said the whole experience took her aback, seeing as this conference was her first. “I’ve never been to a conference before,” Wright said, “so the process of achieving that award was completely new to me. The whole process was completely foreign to me, so it’s hard for me to explain it looking back.” Justin Walton said it was clear that she excelled at her presentation. “She was recognized at the luncheon for having the top paper,” he said. “I’m very proud of her and the work that she put into it.” Collins agreed, adding that it was a positive experience to see Wright’s efforts in Forensics translate to success elsewhere. “She’s a super hard worker, Collins said. “So to see her skills used in a different aspect, to see her receive that kind of recognition in a different format is good to see. She’s one of those students who deserves that attention.”
With this success and spotlight, Wright felt confident in her prospects for graduate school and beyond. “It was a good experience because it helped me to realize the possibilities of going into grad school and presenting an even larger dissertation or defending my research into the field that is entirely new research,” Wright said. The conference as a whole has her ready to take research to the next level. “I think it was a good proactive experience,” she said, “and I’m excited for my future.” Justin Walton saw this success as an indicator of the kind of effort the Communication Department puts into its work as a whole. “Our department is committed to quality scholarship,” he said. “We’re very proud of the effort that our students and faculty put into their work.” Collins felt that this commitment to excellence could help provide other students with insight similar to Wright’s aspirations for her future. “It opens up a lot of doors to be able to do those avenues,” Collins said, “and I think it speaks well of the department that we support students in that respect.”
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members and students did a Assistant Managing Editor great job,” Stroud said. “They worked very hard to prepare. @JJardel_Writing Hours were spent practicing their dances, chopping Cameron experienced a taste of Nepalese culture during vegetables and decorating the ballroom for the event. I’m Nepali Night from 5-7 p.m. proud of them for all of their on Sept. 28 in the McCasland hard work.” Ballroom. The evening started with Since 2008, the Cameron host Bishaka Karki providing University Nepalese a welcome note before Association (CUNA) hosted recognition of the Nepali the event, which celebrates National Anthem. Afterward, Dashain, a holiday which Karki provided a brief celebrates the triumph of the background on Dashain and its goddess Durga over the evil importance to the culture. demon Mahisasur. After an introduction of According to CUNA the CUNA student officers, Advisor Sarah Stroud, the the organization treated holiday is one of the biggest in the audience to a buffet of the culture. traditional Nepali cuisine such “It’s equivalent to our as cauliflower and potato curry, Christmas as far as the size of chicken tikka masala and kheer, the festival,” she said. a dessert rice pudding with Senior biology major and dried fruits and nuts. CUNA President Ashmita As audience members Sthapit added that Dashain is finished their meals, the student the most anticipated festival for performances began. From Nepalese people. dances to traditional Nepali “During Dashain all the families get together to worship songs to renditions of both American and Nepalese music, goddess Durga and receive CUNA members provided the blessings from their elderly,” audience with a wide array of Sthapit said. “People also buy entertainment options. new clothes, decorate their The evening concluded houses, play cards, fly kites with Sthapit’s vote of thanks [and] prepare feast.” to all those who helped make At Cameron, the students the evening possible, from the in CUNA brought a glimpse into the festivities of Dashain to faculty advisors to the audience. those in attendance. According She felt the evening was a success all around. to Stroud, the effort was no “I think the event went really small task. good,” Sthapit said. “All the “I think the CUNA board
performers did a fabulous job, and everybody loved our food. Everyone had a great time and that’s what we wanted.” According to Stroud, this event brought more to the campus than just an opportunity for an audience to eat, drink and be merry. “It really builds a community among the Nepalese students for them to celebrate holidays together,” she said. “Many of them just came from Nepal. They’ve never been away from their families for this holiday. This is a way for them to celebrate and enjoy time together.” Sthapit corroborated Stroud’s statement on community-building and added that it helps her and other Nepali students have their little slice of home at Cameron. “Nepali Night means a lot to me,” she said. “It is the only time of the year when everyone gathers to celebrate something. … A lot of Nepalese people are either studying or working away from their homes. These kinds of celebrations make us less home sick during the festive season.” Both Stroud and Sthapit said the benefits of Nepali Night also translate to students who are not from Nepal. “For non-Nepalese students, it’s a great opportunity for them to come and learn about Nepali culture,” Stroud said. Sthapit agreed, adding that
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Dance the night away: Sujana Rupakheti performs a bollywood dance, titled “Aaja Nach Le” with Pasang Dolma Hyolmo (not pictured). this event adds to the already robust offering of multicultural events on campus. “I think events like Nepali Night helps us share our culture with rest of the world,” she said. “Our campus is famous for having diverse students, and events like these helps promote our culture and diversity.”
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An evening of tradition: (Left) Ayush Thapa plays “Samjhana Birsana” on his guitar. (Right) Rajeev Kuikel performs a Nepali Rap, titled “K Bhanu Aba.” Both students showcased their talents during Nepali Night on Sept. 28.
Dear Aggie: an ethical dilemma in professionalism Dear Aggie,
I have seen undeniable proof that a professor in my department is having a romantic or sexual relationship with one of their students. Of course, this is a gross ethical violation since this professor will be writing this student letters of recommendation as well as other professional documents. This student also receives departmental details not typically available to other students, and is sometimes even told about other students’ grades, which is a FERPA violation. The ethical thing would be to report what I know, but my dilemma comes from the impact it would have on my department. Classes might not be offered, classes would be stretched thin, and I don’t know if I’d be black listed myself for “rocking the boat”. So what should I do? Keep to my ethics and report this, or keep it to myself in order to keep the peace?
Sincerely, Between a Rock and an Ethical Place Dear Between,
However unfortunate the immediate future may be for you or for the department, it may be better in the long run for you to anonymously report the incident along with any irrefutable proof. Though it can cause a massive upheaval, the ramifications could be even more massive if the situation were to go on any longer. If the illicit relationship were to go south, the student might suffer as a result if he or she were to interact with the instructor stemming from the relationship-based bias. If someone else were to find out about the relationship and report it, you could be just as culpable for knowingly propagating the violation. The department-level implications would be exponentially larger than those on the individual level. Though the decision is ultimately yours, it may be best for the department and everyone involved to report any activity and just hope for the situation to resolve as smoothly as possible.
Sincerely, Aggie
Dear Aggie,
I am a 45-year-old college student who often feels out of place among the more traditionally aged students. What can I do to bridge the generation gap and acclimate to my environment?
Sincerely, Out of Place
Dear Out of Place, Finding common ground, whether it is in clubs and organizations or in classes, can be a good first step to connecting to your peers and acclimating to the college environment. Joining a club or organization can do wonders. Whether you are a veteran, a person of faith, an international student or someone heavily involved in your major, there is a club that can help you get in touch with like-minded people. If you are interested in joining any of clubs or organizations on campus, you can visit http://www.cameron.edu/ organizations/info.html and see what different organizations suit you.
Sincerely, Aggie
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Last week’s SGA meeting gave the governing body their first new order of business – resolution 3114002. In her proposal, author of the semester’s first legislation and SGA Vice President Nikki Kirk called for the regulation of landscaping hours in the areas surrounding on-campus housing. Reasons for requesting this change include the close proximity to student housing in which motorized landscaping equipment is operated and the current hours of operation that interfere with student sleeping hours. The legislation would like to resolve this issue by asking for the prohibition of operating motorized landscaping equipment before 7 a.m. The Presidential and Faculty Senate will have to approve the legislation before it can go into effect on the perspective date of Oct. 30, 2014. Resolution 3114002 went in for first questioning at Monday’s meeting and will go to second questioning next week. The governing body approved of Parliamentarian Zak Rajpari with 34 in the yes, zero in the no and zero in abstention. SGA members also approved the members of the Legislation Committee. This committee will review legislations with the authors and Kirk before they are presented to the governing body.
Legislative Committee William Irby Alex Kolinski Zak Rajpari James Wilson Lacey Flaig Victoria Boudiette Patrick Perez Misty Gerhard John Ringler
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The softball community is mourning after a tragedy struck on Sept. 26 that resulted in the loss of four North Central Texas College (NCTC) softball players. A bus carrying the Gainesville, Texas team was
traveling south on Interstate-35 near Davis, Okla. when a tractor-trailer crossed the median and struck the bus behind the driver’s seat causing the bus to flip on its side. Over a dozen people were injured and four of the young women
on the bus would never make it home. I personally took the news of the crash pretty hard. As I laid in bed Friday night, I reached for my phone to check my Facebook messages when I saw a post about the accident
from a friend who lives in Ardmore. At the time the news was still fresh, so I did not discover the full weight of the situation until the next morning. I just remember not being able to sleep with the details I did have.
one another. By morning, the accident Even though I have not made national news. I was in stepped onto the field in years, a solemn mood on my way I can still identify with being a to Stillwater to take cross softball player; I am still a part country pictures and I teared up several times along the way. of the softball community. I know I am not alone Just before the meet began, my mom called to ask if I heard the in this logic because there news. There I was, perched on has been an outpouring of support for NCTC from past top of a hill, camera in hand, and present waiting for the athletes across race to start, the country. and crying Softball my eyes out teams are hearing about taking photos how a player with NCTC who still written on had a pulse their wrists in got trapped remembrance, underneath and our own the bus, but Cameron they could not softball get to her in Krista Pylant players have time. Sports Editor issued their My heart @KristaPylant8 condolences ached for the across social media platforms. team. It is one thing to lose a Communities, of course, friend and teammate, but it is a whole other thing to witness do not just apply to softball – they are everywhere. No their passing. I just could not matter what someone does or imagine how they must be is interested in, a community feeling. Aside from having a normal exists when participants have sad reaction to the loss, I found a mutual understanding and share the same values. In this myself questioning why the case, softball was the unifier news hit so close to home for that allowed me to vicariously me. After all, I did not know anyone from the team, but still experience the pain of losing someone that I did not know the tragedy shook me to the core. Further pondering led me while at the same time allowed to discover the community that me to celebrate their life. My thoughts and prayers surrounds the sport of softball. are with the four young lives As a former high school that were lost too soon. Rest softball player, I remember in peace, Katelynn Woodlee, those late trips home from 18, Meagan Richardson, 19, games. I imagine some of the players were sleeping, studying, Brooke Deckard, 20 and Jaiden listening to music or talking to Pelton, 20.
The path to knowing and loving who you are The concept of identity can mean vastly I am a Nerdfighter. I am made of awesome different things to different people. and seek to decrease world-suck while using For example, to some people, I am the words like “doobilydoo” and measuring my stress Assistant Managing Editor levels with my hair’s puff levels like of the Collegian. I come in John Green. and interview you about I am a Whovian. I am a firm an award you won, the believer that time is a wibbly-wobbly performance of your team ball of timey-wimey stuff and that or your new annual event. I everything in the universe can be take some pictures, I write fascinating and frightening at the some words and I distribute same time. some papers. I am a Sexplainaut. I am sex To my professors, I am positive and look to help educate a graduate student working the world into understanding of on a master’s in Behavioral the myriad facets of romance and Sciences. I go to class, write sexuality, following host Dr. Lindsey Jacob Jardel papers, do research and Doe’s motto: “Stay curious.” act as a therapist in class All of these descriptors make Assistant Managing Editor vignettes – all en route to up my identity and make me proud @JJardel_Writing a degree and an eventual to be idiosyncratic me. I accept my career studying sexuality and romance. identity: I know who I am, and I like who I am To a completely different group, I am that – even though it took me years of counseling and one Jacob guy from the Mind Games team who, reassurance to be comfortable with it. My inner thank your favorite deity, is just coaching this thoughts and feelings are congruent with my year because he would give you heart attacks outer representation. in matches passed. Not trying to brag, but this Unfortunately, some are not in that place. situation actually happened recently. Oct. 11 is National Coming Out Day, an To many, I am Jake – the friend, the son, international day of civil awareness for those the brother, the intellectual other half, the male whose identities include being lesbian, gay, equivalent, the ride or die and everything in bisexual, transsexual or otherwise queer in the between. sense of gender or sexual identity. It is a day in These descriptors listed, while accurate, are which those in the LGBTQ community can identifiers that define me in relation to other celebrate their identities without having to closet people. They are not the alpha and omega of how themselves or their identifiers. I define myself. It is an international day of identity I am a Hufflepuff. I am loyal, friendly, congruence. accepting of most anyone and serious about the However, we live in the Bible Belt – some Harry Potter house into which I was sorted. would argue the Buckle of the Bible Belt. About Us
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Poet visits CU and shares heritage Kristen Bass and Casey Brown Collegian Staff
The annual Visiting Writers Series kicked off at 7 p.m. on Sept. 26 in the CETES conference center. This semester’s first writer was Lousiana poet Darrell Bourque. Bourque captivated the audience with musings about his Creole and Cajun heritage and read poems from his recent books – “Megan’s Guitar and Other Poems from Acadie,” and “If You Abandon Me.” Bourque went into detail about the background of each poem before reading it. Bourque’s work has been published in his chapbooks, poetry collections and anthologies. “If you live long enough, and you write regularly, you eventually have a book, and I have nine collections,” Bourque said. “I think ... that poetry and the arts often get to a certain level of our understanding who we are and
what our purpose is in this human passage in ways our jobs don’t do ... very often we have to go to paintings or we have to go to films, or we have to go to poetry to sort of illuminate our lives.” According to Bourque, art shines the light on something we think is a private journey but the arts reminds us of who we are. Bourque was an English major and started writing as an undergraduate in college – his dissertation for his Ph.D. was a manuscript of poems. Bourque was a teacher for 40 years, and when he retired, he noticed that all of his teachings brought him to a place where he could devote himself to understand who he was and other people’s history, culture and the communities he grew up in. Bourque has readings in Louisiana and Jackson, Miss. in the upcoming week, but frequently reads in New Orleans and Baton Rouge.
Bourque was impressed with the number of students who attended his reading. “One of the most delightful things about this reading is that I’ve never done a reading where extra chairs had to be brought in,” Bourque said. “You expect readings on Friday nights on a college campus where you know, they’re probably football games all over town and people are tired, the week is ending and they want to go home and begin their weekend, and to be reading on a Friday night and have the kind of audience that I had at Cameron is so gratifying.” Dr. Hardy Jones hosted the event and said it is good to have the opportunity to make the writers available for the students and community. “Its fun, you kind of get a little break from the grind of working
all the time,” Jones said. “We try to bring three writers in every academic year, so generally we do two in the fall and one in the spring.” Bourque’s books are available
from UL Press and Yellow Flag Press. The next writer in the Visiting Writers Series is Larry D. Thomas who will be on campus at 7 p.m. on Oct. 9 in CETES, Rooom B.
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Gathering Nations: (Top left) Members of the Comanche Nation tribe participate in a pow-wow. (Bottom left) Attendees slept in teepees and tents. (Middle and Right) Cowboys from Oklahoma, Texas and other states rode bulls during the PBR competition. The 23rd annual Comanche Nation Fair took place from Sept. 26 - 28 at the Comanche Nation Complex. Attendees of the fair enjoyed live music by Comanche Boy and games like Handgame, the Warrior Run and the Pow-wow.
One more thing: gift from iTunes and U2 stirs controversy Casey Brown
In response to the wave of complaints, Apple created a help page that shows users how to A&E Editor delete the album. @CaseyBrown_CU U2 is along for the ride. On the day of the U2’s latest album “Songs of Innocence” release, they wrote a letter to their fans and the dropped on Sept. 9, and over 500 million world: “People who haven’t heard our music, people got it for free. or weren’t remotely interested, might play us Apple released the album to its iTunes for the first time because we’re in their library. subscribers by automatically making it available Country fans, hip hop aficionados from east to anyone with an account. LA, electro poppers from Seoul, Bhangra According to Apple’s website, the release fans from New Delhi, Highlifers in Accra… is, “A big moment in music history. And you’re might JUST be tempted to check us out, even part of it.” for a moment. What a mind blowing, head Not everyone sees it that way, though. scratching, 21st century situation.” The biggest complaint from users is that the It is indeed a “head scratching, 21st century move is an invasion of privacy. situation,” but the part that has many people Furthermore, not all 500 million active scratching their heads is the privacy concerns. iTunes subscribers were even aware that the New people will be exposed to their music, album had been placed in their libraries. but other “The Independent” is calling the release a people may “PR disaster.” be turned off
from it forever. Much of the ink being spilled on this story is negative. Few people are raving about the album, the forced download or the responses from Apple and U2. The backlash from this event is overshadowing the quality of the music on the album. In fact, the press coverage essentially skipped reviewing the album and went to announcing that a vinyl of “Songs of Innocence” had been released, thereby making it Grammy eligible. Instead of talking about the art, many people are instead complaining about the invasion of privacy. Apple and U2 are still emphasizing the innovation. “Never before have so many people owned
one album, let alone on the day of its release,” according to Apple’s website. “At Apple, music has always been a big part of who we are, what we do. This is the biggest album release in music history and one more way we’re moving music forward.” U2 front man, Bono, said, “And for the people out there who have no interest in checking us out, look at it this way… the blood, sweat and tears of some Irish guys are in your junk mail.” U2’s manager, Guy Oseary, said, “It’s a gift from Apple. If someone doesn’t like the gift, they should delete it.” Apple has yet to respond to the invasion of privacy complaints. So, Apple continues to push the envelope, but what will the cost and repercussions for such a stunt be? iTunes users are asking what else Apple has the ability to do. Other people are asking where the privacy line is drawn in the eyes of One to Six $900 Art Purchase Competition large companies like Apple, The Lawton Arts & Humanities Council is holding an art purchase competition. The Facebook and Comcast? deadline to submit is Nov. 7. The Lawton Arts & Humanities Council’s Program Sure, the move is the Committee will serve as the jury for the competition and will purchase six artworks from largest album release in the one artist. Those six artworks will be presented to the six recipients of the 2014 Cultural history of music, but does Awards. it count if not everyone For more information call 580-581-3470 willingly sought the album Magic Lantern Double Feature to begin with? Are iTunes The Magic Lantern Film Society will be showing “The Thin Man” (1934) and “After the subscribers supposed to Thin Man” (1934). The double feature will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 3 in CETES, Room B. excuse the breech in privacy For more information contact Dr. John Morris at johnmor@cameron.edu because of the substantial “Dark River” Auditions fame of U2? What else will CU Department of Theatre Arts will be hosting auditions for the second play of their seabe downloaded onto clouds, son, “Dark River.” The auditions will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 6 and Tuesday, Oct. phones and mp3 players in 7 in the Cameron University Theatre. No experience is required, and auditions are open to the future now that Apple CU students and the public. Nothing needs to be prepared in advance for auditions. has opened this door?
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New space for artists to grow Marie Bagwell
Great Plains Business Center
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The Great Plains Business Center will soon be expanding with the addition of a business incubator that will help with the problem of failing business startups. Business Incubator Manager Pat Beck is currently speaking with people who seek a space in the new business incubator. “We will have tenants in the building trying to make a living and be a business,” Beck said. The planned 27,000 square foot incubator will be where a supportive community will surround entrepreneurial artists, food producers and service providers. Beck said that is intended to be a place “where they can share experiences, they can cry on each other’s shoulder, they can draw from the talents of others.” The Business Center will have several office spaces, workspaces designed for artists to foster creation, an industrial kitchen and light manufacturing spaces. The offices will also be supplied with the elements needed for a successful business. “It provides them with shared resources such as a shared copier, shared telephone system, shared Internet system,” Beck said, “so that they don’t have to come out of pocket for a lot of startup expenses that they would otherwise have to come up with.”
One of the experts who will be assisting, and has already assisted, is Cameron University Art Department Chair Edna McMillan. Beck said she has been instrumental in designing the arts incubator and is an “invaluable asset.” Beck says that business incubators are proven to turn an 80% fail rate into an 87% success rate. The purpose of the Business Center is to help grow strong small businesses in Lawton and Southwest Oklahoma. The intention is to teach small business owners sound business habits. Businesses that will take part in the incubator must have a business plan and six months of available financing because those two things contribute to a successful startup, Beck said. Beck said there is also “that nag
her experts. “I am a baby business, but have great coaches to help me,” Clymer said. Clymer said those interested in starting a business should take advantage of the Great Plains Business Center – she still seeks their advice and said they are a great asset. Beck said while Cameron University has its own business incubator in the CETES department, Great Plains will be able to offer space that Cameron’s incubator manufacturing. The incubator is does not have. intended for people who need help “We are going to complement each but also are coachable. Beck said they other,” Beck said. “have to need us.” Tenants have to Beck and others will be available be willing to heed advice from the to meet with prospective tenants for Business Center’s panel of experts. a space in the incubator at 12 p.m. Karen S. Clymer of Wholesome on Oct. 11 at the Great Plains First Communication said she has already Annual Arts Battle. utilized the knowledge of Beck and
effect.” She says she will be able to walk through the halls of the Business Center and check with the tenants to make sure they are following their business plans, to make sure they have filed their taxes and to make sure they have what they need. In addition, business owners will attend mandatory business educational Great Plains Business Center programs. The costs of those and other programs are included in the price of the rent. Rent will average 6 to 10 dollars per square foot annually. Beck said that the Business Center will also offer mentors and experts in art, food production and
Annual celebration of heritage and culture Vicky Smith
News Writing Student The Lawton-Fort Sill community held its 35th annual International Festival from Sept. 26-28 at Elmer Thomas Park. With free admission, parking and a shuttle service, the festival featured over 70 foods, sales and display vendors, a children’s area, concert bands, folklore dances and many interactive activities. Sponsored by the City of Lawton, National Endowment for the Arts, KSWO TV, KCCU and others, the festival averaged 36,000 people from all over the state in past attendances. Friday’s events kicked off at 5:45 p.m. with the Parade of Nations and Naturalization Ceremony. Sponsor Billie Whipp, the Arts and Humanities’ division administrator for the City of Lawton, said the Naturalization Ceremony is unique to the festival. “We’ve had it for over 11 years,” Whipp said, “and Tommy Nicholas, with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Office in Oklahoma City coordinates that for us, and Judge John Erwin presides over it. “This year, we had 13 local residents become U.S. citizens in the opening ceremony, representing five different countries.” That afternoon, people visited Cameron University’s new exhibit, the Army Special Operation Forces’ Simulation System, in which participants flew helicopters and rode parachutes.
By dusk, visitors were entertained by Brave Combo, a two-time Grammy awardwinning band, and the Dirty River Boys, a classic folk band with hints of bluegrass and modern rock. People also stargazed through telescopes with professional 3-D artist and animator Hank Poppe. Saturday morning, kids gathered at the children’s booth for games, including hula-hoops, giant bubbles, bouncy balls and a parachute toss. They also made cultural crafts – Chinese masks, African necklaces, U.S. mats, Amazonian rain sticks, Japanese carp kites and Tahitian headdresses. Bands and dancers, including Island Paradise, Lawton Harmony Chorus, Mexican Folklore Dancers, Kickers of Lawton and Kealii’s Polynesian Spectacular performed on the North and South stages of the park. People toured the various vendors – Henna Tattoo and Jewelry, Get the Word Out, Aglowlamps and Southwest Area Geocachers of Oklahoma. Sponsor Bobbi Whitson, Chair of the International Festival, said some people came to the festival just for the food. Vendors sold everything from gyros and Italian ice to jumbo corn dogs and Cajun cuisine. Elissa Broadway, a junior at Cameron University with a major in elementary education, liked the funnel cakes best. “I know it’s not international,” Broadway said, “but I can’t get past it.” Broadway volunteered for the festival the past three years, and this year she
handed out pamphlets and sold items at the information booth. Cheatwood said volunteers from high schools, colleges and other walks of life played important roles in the entertainment of the festival. “I think the festival allows opportunity and access for our volunteer performers that they might not otherwise have to grow into a profession,” Cheatwood said. “I have seen performers at elementary and junior high school ages go on to perform at other state festivals as well as move on to Nashville.” Whipp said she enjoyed watching interactions among families, friends, volunteers and performers. Whipp was wowed by the fact and an event of this size put together by so many different entities is a success and makes people happy. She said that although the festival has grown over the years, with this year’s having more vendors than in the past, the committees will still review surveys for feedback to plan even more successful festivals in the future. Whipp said the International festival is ultimately an opportunity for people, both citizens and International Cameron students, to experience diversity at a single location. Cheatwood said visitors travel from outof-town and stay the weekend. “They often note that it changed the way they saw Lawton in a good way and hope to come back for another visit,” Cheatwood said.
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Around the world: (Left) Summer Shahid paints a Henna tattoo; (Right) flags from many nations lined Elmer Thomas Park. People from many cultures gathered together Sept. 26 - 28 to celebrate the 2014 International Festival with one another.
Tiny dancers Kristen Bass Staff Writer
Community members of Lawton interested in correcting their two left feet or gaining rhythm can do so at two neighborhood dance studios, Sherri’s Dance Center and Southstar Dance Academy. Sherri Conwell of Sherri’s Dance Center (SDC) wanted her center to teach gymnastics, ballroom dancing and other styles of dance such as modern dance, tap, ballet, jazz and hip hop dance. “We wanted to have a well-rounded dance school for students in Lawton, Okla.,” Sherri said. SDC prices for dance lessons range from $54 to $99. All events are free and open to the public. Dances chosen in the past were The Sound of Music, Sleeping Beauty and Mary Poppins. SDC plans to perform Fantasia in the near future. “It’s a wonderful job,” Sherri said. “I love it, there’s a lot of kids to keep up with and I think I know every single kid. We have over 200 students.” After Christmas, SDC will do their Works in Progress recital at their studio, which is considered an informal show. On May 16, 2015, SDC will premiere their spring concert. Madalynn ElKouri is a student of SDC and originally did not want to dance. She did not like all the corrections she was given as a dancer, but after dancing with SDC, she has learned discipline. According to ElKouri, she wants to open her own studio one day that will inspire other kids. “I want to pick out the costumes and make the little kids look nice, so they can have the spotlight,” ElKouri said. ElKouri wants to persue dance at Oklahoma University when she graduates high school and looks forward to continuing her dance education at SDC. For more information on upcoming events for SDC call 580-357-3886. Another dance studio in Lawton is Southstar Dance Academy (SDA). Emily South, a native of Lawton, has taught dance for over seventeen years and teaches jazz, tap, hip hop, contemporary, modern and several specialty classes. Enrollments for classes at SDA are traditionally held in August for the fall season. SDA’s Spring Recital will be June 7, 2015 at The McMahon Auditorium. This year’s theme is Maleficent – a ballet and modern production and is a tribute to Grimm Fairy Tales. “It’s a wonderful show that highlights the hard work and dedication of the students in our studio,” South said. “Southstar Dance Academy is a place where kids and teenagers can feel safe. It is a creative environment where they are allowed to express themselves.” For more information call 580-699-5222.
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Aggies fall in five sets to MSU Photos by Krista Pylant
Block and kill: (Above) Paige Holt and Kendra Adams block an MSU attack at the net. (Right) Kat Evans goes for the kill against a Midwestern State player.
Jacob Jardel
hold the lead throughout Assistant Managing Editor and stymie a late MSU run to win the set 25-21 and tie @JJardel_Writing the match at a set apiece. The Mustangs pulled Aggie Volleyball took out to another big lead in rival Midwestern State the third after an 11-3 run. to the limit before losing Despite an Aggie run that a back and forth fivewould bring the score as set match on Sept. 26 in close as 23-20, the Black Wichita Falls. and Gold were unable to With a group of CU gain enough momentum students in attendance for Rolling with the Aggies, the as MSU took the set 25-20 and a 2-1 lead in the match. Black and Gold alternated Cameron would bounce sets with the Mustangs back in the fourth with before falling in a closely efficient play, committing contested fifth set. only one attack error and The Aggies have not overcoming a 3-0 start to beaten Midwestern since win the set 25-13, tying the the 2007 season. match after four sets. The Lady Aggies fell While dominant behind early in the first performances marked the set after an MSU 11-1 first four sets, the fifth run. Despite signs of life, set featured parity unseen CU could not overcome throughout the match Mustangs’ lead in the first. previous. MSU took an Midwestern would have a early lead before the Lady few more big runs to take Aggies tied the match 9-9. the first 25-15. Junior Kat Evans broke the The second set started with an early 8-1 Aggie run. tie with a kill and gave the The Black and Gold would Aggies a 10-9 lead. After a Mustang error
put CU ahead 11-9, MSU came back with a 6-0 run to clinch the set 15-11 and cap the win for Midwestern. Both teams had near identical hit percentages, with the Aggies having a slight .178 to .173 advantage. However, CU lost the efficiency battles, committing 30 errors to MSU’s 23. The Lady Aggies also lost the battle at the net, totaling four blocks while the Mustangs recorded 12. Despite the loss, senior Rebecca Green put up one of the best Aggie offensive games since 2011. She recorded 21 kills on 38 attacks, committing a lone error and notching an attack percentage of .526. Green also recorded eight digs and half the team’s blocks. Redshirt freshman Kendra Adams also had a career night with 11 kills and three errors. She finished with an attack percentage of .276.
Evans, fellow junior Shannon DuLaney and sophomore Kayla Hebert each recorded doubledoubles for the Black and Gold. Evans finished with 12 kills and 11 digs, while
DuLaney went 10 and 16. Hebert led the team with 49 assists and added 23 digs. Junior Taylor Tepfer added to the Aggie performance with 11 digs. The loss put the Aggies
at 5-6 on the season overall with a 1-5 record in the Lone Star Conference. Aggie Volleyball returns to the court next on Oct. 7 in Ada against East Central University.
falling in three sets to Midwestern’s Kayla Casey. The ninth-ranked Torres dropped the first set of the match against third-seed Casey 6-3. Torres rallied back to win a hotly contested second set 7-6 before falling in the third 6-2. Sophomores Paula Gutierrez and Samantha Wood made it as far as the quarterfinals before losing their respective matches. Gutierrez lost her match in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4, as did Wood, 6-4, 6-0. Freshmen Dejana Veljic and Eugenia Sanchez fell in their first round matches and their respective back draw matches, as did sophomore Magdalena Kovinic. In the women’s doubles draw, the A racket in the bracket: (Above) Angie Torres goes for the return. Torres reached the semifinals of the ITA team of Gutierrez Regionals. (Right) Joao Fazendeiro returns a ball. Fazendeiro made it to the men’s final at the ITA Regional. and Torres division and three teams in unranked Aggie faced off second match, a 6-2, 6-0 made their Jacob Jardel doubles. against the sixth-ranked loss. Freshman Artavazd way to the Assistant Managing Editor In men’s singles Davidson, losing in straight Knyazyan dropped his first quarterfinals @JJardel_Writing competition, junior Joao sets 6-1, 6-4. match in three sets but came on Saturday Fazendeiro was the last Junior Dennis Merdan, back to win his first back morning Aggie Tennis hit the Aggie on the court in the senior Angelo Lencioni draw match before losing his before court for the ITA Regional tournament, reaching the and sophomore Felipe final match in three sets. dropping an Championships Sept. 26-28 final round of the men’s Oyarzun all finished early on Senior Dean Weigelt also 8-2 match to in Wichita Falls. singles tournament before Saturday with losses in the lost his opening match and a team from Both the men and falling to champion Kyle round of 16. Merdan pushed exited the tournament after St. Edward’s women’s teams fielded Midwestern’s Matt Tyer to a 7-5, 6-4 straight sets loss in University. entries into the tournament. Davidson of Midwestern State. the limit in both sets, losing his second back draw match. Veljic/ On the men’s side, seven Fazendeiro had won 7-6, 7-5. Lencioni also lost in On the women’s side, Kovinic singles competitors and straight sets, 6-2, 6-0. junior Angie Torres had lost their three doubles teams vied for 12 consecutive individual matches dating back to last Freshman Iustin Baciu the best finish of the Lady opening the tournament title, while season, five of which coming went 1-1 on Friday, exiting Aggies, making her way to round match the women’s draw featured in a three-day span. The the tournament in his the singles semifinal before 8-2, while six Aggies in the singles
Wood/Sanchez fell in a close 8-6 opening match. Both teams would also lose in the Friday night back draw bracket. Cameron’s men’s doubles teams were also ousted on the first day of competition. Merdan/Oyarzun dropped their opening round match 9-7. The team of freshman Florian Kartner and junior Andres Velasco lost their second round matchup 9-8, while Baciu/Fazendeiro fell 8-5 in their second round matchup. The Aggie tennis teams will be on a four-month hiatus, picking up the season again in Feb. 2015.
Tennis players go distance in ITA Regionals Photo by Krista Pylant
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New look for sports show
Photo by Jacob Jardel
What time is it?: Makenzie Burk, left, and Haley Swinford, right, work hard in preparation for “Game Time”, this year’s iteration of the Cameorn University sports show. The two made changes to the show and took over the news desk from Adrian Alexander after his run on “The Pickaxe Report” came to an end in Spring 2014. “Game Time” is part of CUTV’s four-show lineup, plays seven times a day on closed-circuit campus television and broadcasts on Pioneer Communications’ cable package. In the end, both agree Photos by Jacob Jardel Charlene Belew they feed off of energy the Managing Editor other produces. @cbelew15 “Sometimes I feel like if she messes up I’m more A pair of new faces likely to mess up,” Swinford have taken the helm of the said. “I feel like we give Cameron sports show. positive and negative energy From “The Pickaxe to each other. If I’m excited, Report”, with anchor Adrian she’s more likely to be Alexander, the scene has excited or vice versa, but the now shifted to “Game negative energy still kind of Time”, featuring two cohits us too.” anchors, Makenzie Burk and For the rest of the Haley Swinford. semester and continuing The two ladies, both on into the spring, the duo Communication majors, has many plans they would spend about six to seven like to implement into their hours each week producing shows, including guest one episode of the show. speakers, different camera “We put a lot of work in shots and the use of the the show because we do it all green-screen. ourselves,” Burk said. “We Burk said so far in the shoot, we edit, we write, we semester, the highlight has show. It’s really relaxed, it’s Swinford, whose love for providing herself and her Burk said. “I noticed both of produce. We pretty much been making it through sports comes from and is co-anchor with “on the job” us were very stiff and very do everything so we have to kind of conversational. It is their first episode in a fun, it’s not so serious.” inspired by family, jumped not smiley. The next show experience. plan out what we’re doing smooth manner. Burk, a softball player on the opportunity to be comes around, and we are “It’s not just about us,” in the next show early in “Just finishing the first for the Black and Gold, said a part of “Game Time” as a lot more comfortable, we Swinford said. “We want the week, schedule our show was the best feeling,” the show inspires not only soon as she could. it to be about the athletes work a little bit better with interviews, we have to go Burk said. “Episode two “They said they had a our hands, but we come and the coaches and what’s shoot them, so a lot of work her love for athletics, but and three we had to restart also herself in obtaining her sports show opening, and going on. We want to bring across a different problem gets put into this show.” at some point. The first ultimate dream job of being when I started college, more fans to the games. We with our audio. To tag along with a new episode we went straight I wanted to be a sports “The next show, we fix want athletics to be more name, new graphics and new a sideline reporter. “I get to do what I love,” reporter,” Swinford said. our audio, we come across a through. Of course, there emphasized.” anchors, both students set were things we had to work Burk said. “I get to report on “That’s why I really got into different problem with our In the first four shows, out on a mission to make on after the first episode, what I love. I’ve done sports this major. It’s nice to be which range from about four prompters. It’s better for the show more relaxed and but it went so smooth.” my whole life and my future able to have something that to 10 minutes, Burk and me to get this opportunity conversational. “Game Time”, which is goals involve reporting correlates with what I want Swinford both said they’ve to come across these “We wanted to bring a filmed at 1:45 p.m. every on sports. It’s giving me to do later on in life.” problems now than it would come a long way. little bit more of a relaxed Monday, is available on the more of an opportunity to Swinford believes the be if I worked at channel “The very first time environment to the show,” Cameron campus TVs as experience what I want to do show serves more purpose seven later on first time in we saw the first show we Burk said. well as aggiecentral.com. when I graduate.” on campus than just immediately saw our f laws,” front of a camera.” Our intro describes our
Toth, Lagat, Painter lead CU at Cowboy Jamboree Photos by Krista Pylant
Leading the pack: Senior captain Thomas Toth, sophomore Methuselah Lagat and freshman Pascal Painter race in the first lap of the OSU Cowboy Jamboree on Sept. 27 in Stillwater, OK. Cameron finished fifth overall in the small university division with 108 points and a total time at 2:15:57.22. Toth placed second individually with a time of 25:22.70, just 12 seconds shy of his first place finish last year. The placing earned Toth the honor of Lone Star Conference Runner of the Week for the fourth time in his career at Cameron. Lagat also had a place in the top-10 after he finished seventh, 40 seconds behind Toth. Painter rounded out the top-25 for the Aggies, clinching 25th place by running a time of 27:40.87. In the overall race, CU finished in eighth place finishing ahead of Oral Roberts, Incarnate Word and Abilene Christian. Cameron’s next race will not be until Oct. 18, where they will run in the Fort Hays State Tiger Open in Hays, Kan.