The Cameron Collegian, September 18, 2023

CU's Academic Festival VII

Michele Borba

At 7:30 p.m., Sept. 14 in the Cameron Theatre, the first speaker for Cameron’s Academic Festival XII, Michele Borba, Ed. D., talked about child and adolescent mental health and resilience.

The theme of this festival is “Care and Health: A Generational Approach.”

Borba is an educational psychologist and a renowned author who has served as a consultant for the U.S. Department of Education’s Character Education and Civic Engagement initiative.

She was a former special education teacher and has won the National Educator Award, Santa Clara University’s Outstanding Alumni Award, National Child Safety Award, and the Outstanding Contribution to the Educational Profession Award.

Borba said she was honored to be invited to speak at Cameron’s Academic Festival and was particularly excited about the student session that was specifically for Cameron students.

3:30 p.m., on Sept. 14, in the Johnson auditorium in Ross Hall. Borba said that teachers and students have really inspired her to continue advocating for mental health.

Borba said that in today’s fast-paced society, people need to learn new, effective coping skills.

“Resilience is something you are not born with,” Borba said. “You can acquire it; and why I’m saying it is … there’s evidence.”

She said that resilience is an ongoing process, not a program and that people need teachable skills to help people respond and react to life stressors.

“It’s not like we’re going to teach it this summer,” Borba said. “Or, I’m going to throw my kid in a resilience course … We’ve got to realize that this is extraordinarily important in today’s world. The world is changed. It’s more uncertain, it’s fear-based and it’s accelerated.”

can help boost a person’s resilience.

“It’s never too late,” she said. “It doesn’t make a difference if you’re 85 or you’re four. You can make a difference, as long as we figure out what works for us.”

She said that COVID-19 caused a loneliness epidemic.

Borba said that we need to set aside time to connect with real people.

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She said people need to have a caring champion in their lives who supports them.

Doctor of Education

“Empathy seems to be the social glue that holds the world together,” She said. “When stress rises, which it is doing right now,” she said.

“One thing we do is we dial our empathy down, we start dialing it down because we’ve got to take in survival mode ourself.”

Borba said that when our empathy keeps going down and our stress levels keep going up it causes what she calls the

“As a result, what happens is our mental health as a nation is plummeting,” she said. “We get lonelier and lonelier. The solution is (find) who’s a couple of people, or one person, that you can connect a little bit more (with) and have some real life

One attendee at the event was Master of Science in Behavioral Science major Nanje Prinsloo, who said she came because she got extra credit for it and because it was related to her field of study.

“I really like that there was a visual presentation,” she said. “I really liked the speaker. She was very lively … It was very educational. She didn’t just speak from a piece of paper- she was very interactive. I think my favorite part was the stories that Prinsloo said she felt like she learned a lot from the speaker and that the event was

“Especially when it comes to children’s self-confidence and being positive,” she said. “I think that mental health is very important, especially in young children

Prinsloo said she would like to attend

For more information about CU’s triennial Academic Festival and this year’s speakers visit the Cameron website at https://www.cameron.edu/public-affairs/ academic-festivals/festival-xii-speakers.

“It’s never too late. It doesn’t make a difference if you’re 85 or you’re four. You can make a difference, as long as we figure out what works for us.”

Michele Borba

Photos by Brittney Payette

Brittney Payette Managing Editor

Student's strengths: Dr. Michele Borba speaks to CU students at the student session in the University Theatre

Eternity: A CU production

CU-Duncan’s new director

Scott Smith Voices Editor

Dr. Dakota Kaus began her directorship of the Cameron Duncan Campus this past June as she accepted the reigns from the retiring director, Susan Camp. Kaus was the former Assistant Principal for the middle and high school at Empire Public Schools.

Kaus completed her Doctorate in Educational Administrative Leadership this past May at Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma before beginning her direction position at CU-Duncan.

Kaus is a CU alumna; she completed the Master’s program in Educational Leadership in 2018.

Kaus said she has always been interested in education and actually began her journey through the Doctorate program with the intention of teaching at the academic level.

“Honestly, my mind was really going toward wanting to teach at the higher ed level, and that’s kind of why; I needed to get my Doctorate,” Kaus said, “I want to be a professor and teach in a higher ed setting.”

Kaus said when the position at CU-Duncan came open, she wasn’t sure she wanted to apply.

“It (the position) isn’t outside my realm; it is a leadership position,” Kaus said, “but, it’s kind of a little

further from teaching than I thought I would ever be.”

Kaus said despite not teaching, she loves her position as director and so far, it’s been nothing but great.

Kaus said the biggest obstacle she faced in becoming director at CUDuncan is living up to the standard that former director, Susan Camp set during her time in the roll.

“Anyone that thinks of Cameron University, Duncan, the first thing they think of is Susan Camp,” Kaus said.

“Anytime you take over something from someone that’s been here for decades, you know not just a year or years, decades, it’s scary, it’s hard, because you know you have big shoes to fill.”

Kaus said that she was fortunate enough to train with Camp for about a month, before Camp officially retired.

Kaus said the knowledge and training that Camp provided really helped her set her directorship on the right pathway for success. Kaus also said that she wants to uphold the traditions at CUDuncan that were so important to Camp.

Kaus said one of the biggest goals for the future at CUDuncan is student retention.

“We want bring students in here, to keep them here, and we want to see our enrollment rise,” Kaus said. “That is always going to be a front-

runner as far as goals are concerned.”

Kaus also said that she wants to continue working closely with the community and focus on partnerships that will be beneficial to local

same time, so we can boost enrollment by meeting a community need.”

Kaus said that CU-Duncan is also working on an initiative to go more digital based, moving away from paper on

to go more digital and seeing what we can change,” Kaus said. “It’s always great to have fresh ideas about things we can change. It keeps us on our toes.”

Kaus also bragged on the newly remodeled CU-Duncan facility and invites students and faculty from the main campus to come and visit.

“We are proud of our new student area and our new testing facility,” Kaus said. “We want to show it off, so we will welcome any visitors that want to come over and take a tour. Just give me a call and we will set that up.”

industry as well as the students that attend CU-Duncan.

“We are looking at what partnerships we can make additionally to open up avenues for students in regard to what job needs are in the Duncan area as well as surrounding communities that CU-Duncan can help fill,” Kaus said. “We’re trying to make these connections and meet these goals at the

the office side of operations.

Since the Covid-19 pandemic, students have largely moved away from using paper to using digital avenues for study and classes. Kaus hopes to move away from the use of paper, where possible, to help reduce CU-Duncan’s overall carbon footprint.

“We were very heavily paper-based here, so we are working on different avenues

Kaus said that CU-Duncan is also looking forward to continuing campus activities as well as adding new activities for students to enjoy in the future.

The Cameron University, Duncan branch is located at 3100 Bois D’Arc in Duncan, Oklahoma. If you are interested in touring CUDuncan, you can reach out to Kaus by calling 580-581-5950.

Photos by Kemar Noel

Photos by Scott Smith

The stage is set: Cameron University's production of "Eternity" is set to take place from 7:30 - 9 p.m. on Sept. 28-30 and from 2-2:30 p.m. on Oct. 1 in the University Theatre.

THE ART OF LETTER WRITING

Ramona Villegas Staff Writer

From a few envelopes and pens to a lifetime of letter writing, it all started Christmas 2014 with “Santa Claus” gifting me some envelopes, papers, and glitter pens — although I wondered why, because I did not read or write really well at the time. This beginning got my head going, because there are no rules in letter writing.

After starting to write a few letters I figured out something that would not have hit me umtil way later in my life I can read and write for fun. Although there was no personal pan pizza coupon waiting for me once I got done writing, there was something bigger: getting to know myself better.

Self-reflection wasn’t huge for me as a 12-year-old till I started thinking back on my days and writing the words that impacted me. When I started looking back, that’s when I realized that the words people say could be life-changing to me and vice versa. I knew I had a task at this point and it was to think about things before I say them, which as a girl going into middle school was the biggest challenge I could think of.

While in middle school it was such a joy writing about every crush I had, logging what we had for lunch, and the sweet memories I got to make with friends. That was about the time that I started really thinking “what am I going to do as a career?” I emailed every teacher I knew that could give me good advice. They said something along the lines of “once

you go to college and take a few general education classes, you will have a better idea.” At the time I did not believe them whatsoever, but here I am, a junior at Cameron University, and I can definitely tell you they were right.

Once I started high school, I decided to make a shoe box into my letter collector. I decorated it purple with green stars, and it said “letters.”

During high school is when I started noticing the biggest change in my letter writing journey. I had stopped writing for a while since I was saying things like “no one cares,” once this was expressed to my dad; He said something along the lines of “If you don’t care about what you have to write, why would you expect anyone else to?” If there was a physical lightbulb above my head it would have been brighter than the sunrise on a warm summer morning.

Now, skipping to college life, one of the biggest challenges is finding time for the things I love to do like letter writing. My letter writing used to be more external thinking about topics like what words impacted me, but now my letter writing is more internal, mainly consisting of what I was grateful for that day. From 3-3:30 p.m. every Friday evening right before I go to work, I put on a 30-minute alarm and write.

My personal process currently for letter writing is, I have a draft notebook that I brainstormed not just for letter writing, but for class as well. Then, after reading through my draft notebook, I’m either ready or not. Some weeks all I want to do is mess around with my ribbon, seal stamps and pens to be able to make the letter look prettier so next Friday maybe I’ll have

some words to put in the letter.

Having grace with myself was the biggest thing when first starting college. For example, realizing that some Fridays I didn’t want to write; All I wanted to do is decorate a letter. Other times, I’ve gone past the 30 minutes while writing realizing that everything in between is perfectly fine.

Lately I have been experimenting with different fonts, color schemes and wax seals — which is my favorite touch to the aesthetic of letter writing. One thing that has made my letters stand out is instead of just sending a plain white envelope, I use watercolor and magazine cut outs to make the cover of the envelope look abstract.

My favorite is using water color and covering the front with a solid color then getting only magazine cut outs of that same color. It ends up looking aesthetically pleasing.

Now is as good a time as any to tell you how to start the process of getting a pen pal. I started this process a few months ago by researching a few of the different websites I could use to find a pen pal, and after reading the reviews I found one that I thought had the most potential.

Go to globalpenfriends.com, make an account. You will need to put in your age, gender, and location. From there it will lead you to all the different profiles that people have put up. Another great option to find a pen pal would be to look on some kind of social media platforms. I would recommend Twitter, Facebook or the natural way, talking to people in real life!

5 tips for Study Success

Skylar Teddington Staff Writer

It’s essential– studying, that is.

It’s something every student needs to do to succeed, whether they’re learning here at Cameron University or at another institution. However, it can become a daunting task, especially with midterm season right around the corner.

How can we as students combat this?

Here are 5 tips to help make your study sessions just a little more bearable.

1. Curate a playlist full of your favorite songs or discover new ones with a mix!

It’s no secret that music is effective in making most things better, and that includes studying! According to Crystal Raypole from Healthline, music has shown to improve mood, increase motivation, boost

concentration and act as a source of motivation. The music that works best is slow, instrumental music without lyrics so as to not overload the mind with too much information. Though it may be tempting to fill your study playlist with your favorite songs, consider discovering new music with an online radio or someone else’s playlist!

2. Study with your friends!

Sometimes the best source of motivation comes from within your own circle. Studying with a friend, especially if they attend the same classes or institution as you, can be very beneficial to both you and your friend(s). By encouraging each other to study and holding each other accountable, the process of studying can become a little less intimidating.

3. Beautify your notes!

Making your notes pretty is a double-edged sword. On one hand, it’s difficult to take beautiful, neat

notes when your professor is already scrolling to the next slide of the PowerPoint while you’re still writing down the first bullet point, but going back to them later on, reorganizing them, and highlighting key points can not only make your notes easier to read, but writing them again can help you memorize the information in your notes.

4. Make the content you’re studying interesting to yourself. Most people don’t want to study something that they aren’t passionate about. Honestly, most people don’t want to study something that they are passionate about. That’s why it’s important to try to love what you study and research the topic in depth. Enjoying the material you’re studying makes it easier to absorb!

5. Know when to take a break.

Nearly every student is guilty of this. Taking a break is nerve-racking as it is, but it doesn’t have to be. In a

study from Tork, job satisfaction in North American workers who take frequent lunch breaks experience overall increased job satisfaction and are more excited to work once their break is over. The same can be said for studying; taking a break can clear your mind and prepare you to think about all of the complicated material you need to study.

Being a student is difficult, but hopefully these tips make life a smidge easier for every Aggie out there.

Correction:

In Vol. 109, Issue 2, the Cameron Collegian incorrectly stated that Richard Routon said that he bought a car in the “Around the world in 80 edays” story when he actually bought tires. The Collegian deeply regrets this error.

Photo by Ramona Villegas

OLIVIA RODRIGO

Kemar Noel A&E Editor

On Sept. 8, Olivia Rodrigo dropped her second studio album, “Guts.”

This was a highly anticipated sophomore album released by the singer, who had only made her colossal break into the music industry in 2021 with her first Album, “Sour.”

“Sour” was a significant success. Rodrigo’s debut single “Driver’s License” went multi-platinum before she dropped the full album later that year. Many people had high hopes for her second album, and she did not disappoint. This album, while having a very different feel from the first album, doesn’t fall short when trying to evoke emotions from listeners.

Rodrigo released two songs before the album’s debut, “Vampire” and “Bad Idea Right?” that showed a snippet of what would be expected in the album. The two songs differed in genre but gave a prelude to pop-punk and the fantastic piano ballads that would be showcased once again.

This album is a step up from the first album regarding the overall construction of the lyrics and the matured vocals. There is a real noticeable change when comparing the two albums. “Sour” was filled with piano ballads and heartbreak songs, but “Guts” has a more pop/rock and grunge feel.

In the bridge of the first song on the album “all american b----” Rodrigo sings,

“I don’t get angry when I’m pissed, I’m the eternal optimist. I scream inside to deal with it, like, Ah.”

This song on the album is supposed to acknowledge that the speaker knows she is pretty and marketable; however, she still internally suffers and fixates on minor details about herself. As an intro song, this song is impressive and perfectly leads into the second track on the album, “bad idea, right?” While this song isn’t the best on the album, it is still a fun listen regardless of its subliminal messages and takes heavy inspiration from 2000s music.

The third song on the track is one of the most impressive vocal performances Rodrigo has made

in her recent works, and there is a ton of contrast in vocals and a noticeable improvement in lyricism.

“Can’t figure out just how you do it, and God knows I never will, went for me, and not her, cause girls your age know better.”

‘GUTS’

She is able to convey what she is feeling properly and looks back on her relationships from an analytical point of view.

The eighth song on the album is “Get Him Back.” There is something about this track that definitely brings its own hype to the table. It is a fun song in which Rodrigo sings about some guy who wasn’t the best person in her life and how she wants revenge. She wants to be able to fix him and misses him, and it shows in the song.

“I wanna get him back I wanna make him really jealous, wanna make him feel bad, oh, I wanna get him back, ‘cause then again, I really miss him, and it makes me real sad.”

Rodrigo tells us her story in a funny and silly tone backed by a terrific instrumental that makes this song pop. The song’s title is also a great play on its words: Rodrigo wants to “get him back” but also wants to get back at him.

My favorite song on the album must be “The Grudge”; it is definitely one of the best songs she has produced down to the composition, the sound and just the track’s rawness. Rodrigo is sometimes scrutinized through media for not taking accountability in her previous album and blaming others, but she does the opposite in this song. Throughout this song, we can see Rodrigo looking back on her past experiences, taking accountability for her actions, and acknowledging that not everything was her fault.

“And I try to understand why you would do this all to me You must be insecure, you must be so unhappy, And I know, in my heart, hurt people hurt people, And we both drew blood, but, man, those cuts were never equal.”

This song is also one of the more relatable tracks on

this album for most people. Grudges are the worst and one of the hardest things to eliminate, depending on the person. This song encapsulates what having a grudge can feel like and how hard it can be to rid yourself of it when there is pain attached.

The last song I want to touch upon is “Teenage Dream,” the last song on the album. This song serves perfectly as an outro song in the way it is composed. This song perfectly portrays and shows Rodrigo’s fear of the future of her personal life and her life in the limelight of the music industry.

“They all say that it gets better, it gets better the more you grow, yeah, they all say that it gets better, it gets better, but what if I don’t?”

Her first album was a success; so far, her second album has also been a hit, but what about her third or fourth? Tomorrow is not guaranteed in the music industry, and it is not uncommon to see someone reach the height of fame one day and be forgotten the next.

Rodrigo has improved drastically in storytelling in her music, and her overall vocals have improved a ton since her previous album. The production, harmony and cords have also improved, along with her lyricism.

In this album, listeners can follow the stories told well, and she does a great job giving everyone an emotional joyride.

The album runs 39 minutes with 12 tracks. This album is slightly longer than “Sour,” with one extra song. Fans are still fiending for additional tracks, and there is speculation for a deluxe album with four additional tracks.

Overall, I am delighted with this album. While it doesn’t top the previous album with its piano ballads and exquisite belting, it is still a must-listen. I rate this album an outstanding 9.5/10.

The Venture Family Bidding a farewell to the series

Austin Childers Staff Writer

“The Venture Bros: Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart,” a fitting end to a long running series.

The Venture bros was an adult television show that started in 2003 on the Adult Swim block on cartoon network. It received great reviews and ran seven seasons through 2018.

However the final season of the series ended on a cliff hanger before the show was abruptly canceled. Luckily, after five years of nothing the fans were given a film as the official ending to the show.

“Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart” was a direct to DVD release before being put on various streaming services in recent weeks.

The film is a love letter to the fans of the show consisting of a ton of references and hidden details for eagle eyed fans. The film is definitely something I wouldn’t recommend to those who haven’t watched the whole

series.

“The Venture Bros” was a serialized animated series based roughly on the action/adventure styled Hanna-Barbera shows of the early 60s.

Characters based on the two biggest inspirations for the show, “Scooby-Doo” and “Johnny Quest,” make parodical appearances in the show as washed up or mentally ill versions of the characters.

The show follows two brothers Hank and Dean Venture who go on adventures with their father Rusty and bodyguard Brock.

The film starts directly after the events of the final episode of season 7. After Hank’s girlfriend cheats on him with his brother Dean, he puts on a batman costume and disappears. Three days after Dean, who is suffering from the guilt of what he did, sets out on a journey to find his brother. The film also cuts to various other important characters and organizations in the world to wrap up a lot of 15 year old plot lines that started all the way back

in season one. The film’s primary purpose is to wrap up as many character arcs and story lines as possible in its run time, and I think the film does it phenomenally.

The film was originally supposed to be an entire eight season of the show. However, with the show being canceled the show’s creator and writer Jackson Publick had to make due with a feature length film.

A common complaint with the movie is that certain things felt rushed or strange to include in the movie, but with this being the final appearance of these characters, we have been with for over 15 years, I don’t think that the pacing of the film is that much of a major issue.

Adult Swim announced the movie at the same time as announcements for two other movies based on some older shows from the animation block. Metalocalypse, Venture Bros and Aqua Teen Hunger Force were all shows from a similar time in Adult Swim’s catalog that ran for years with a story that was

never concluded after the shows were all canceled at various points in the late 2010’s.

Adult Swim put these movies together as a way to give their loyal fans favorite shows a proper sendoff while not having to spend all the money on three different shows getting a full final season renewal.

Overall “Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart” gave fans a grand farewell to a show that had entertained thousands for well over a decade.

While the transition from a full eighth season to a feature length film might have resulted in some minor pacing issues, the move accomplished its primary objective of wrapping up the stories of hundreds of different characters.

It was a heartfelt love letter to a dedicated fanbase that had followed the show for so long. Along with the other two movies it shows just how much Adult Swim cares for their dedicated fanbase after all these years.

MOVIE NIGHT

Magic Lantern shows ‘The Outsiders’

Kaley Muse Student Life Editor

Magic Lantern held its first movie night of the semester at 7:30 p.m., Sept. 9, in Communication 114.

The organization chose to show the 2017 director’s cut of the 1983 film, “The Outsiders,” directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

“The Outsiders” follows Ponyboy Curtis (C. Thomas Howell), his brothers (Rob Lowe and Patrick Swayze), and his friends (Tom Cruise, Emilio Estevez, Matt Dillion, and Ralph Macchio) through the epic high and lows of being born on the wrong side of the tracks.

Cameron English professor Dr. John Morris has been the faculty advisor since 1990 and said there was a lot of interest in “The Outsiders” as the first film this year.

“When we had the selection meeting, that was one that they all really wanted to show,” Morris said. “I’m guessing part of that is the familiarity of the novel and a lot of students read it in middle school. The students chose all the movies this year.”

The novel takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, just three hours down the road.

The club began with the intent of showing classic films.

The Magic Lantern Film Society has been around since 1982 and the first film the organization ever showed is the 1924 German film, “Siegfried.”

In its infancy, the organization used to show actual film in the old recital hall on campus, but they

eventually had to switch over to DVDs because of the cost.

“We [the organization] consider anything that is at least ten years old to be classic, and it has to have received some critical acclaim,” Morris said.

This is Magic Lantern’s 41st season of showing classic films, and junior Computer Science major Haley Skiles serves as the Society’s Vice President for this year.

Skiles joined the club because she wanted to try something new that was a bit out of her comfort zone.

“Last year was my first year and all eight of those movies we showed I had never seen before,” Skiles said. “I felt like I learned a lot, not only from watching them but Morris is a film encyclopedia. So, it’s really nice to get out and learn about something that I didn’t know about before.”

Magic Lantern shows eight movies over the course of an entire school year, and they hold a yearly meeting to decide which movies to show.

“So, we take recommendations all year long and we keep them on record,” Skiles said. “In the spring, we have a meeting, and Dr. Morris brings a list of a hundred movies. We (the officers) each bring 10-15 and then we discuss. We can only pick eight, so we really have to narrow it down, but we try to pick a variety of movies.”

This club is a little bit different than other clubs on campus because The Magic Lantern Film Society does not hold weekly or monthly meetings, besides the movie selection meeting.

“The only regular meetings that we have are the actual movies,” Skiles said.

Magic Lantern has many more movie showings this semester and even next semester.

The next screening will be “2001: A Space Odyssey” at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 29, in Communication 114 in the Theatre building.

For more information or questions about the

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itself, or if you have movie suggestions, email Dr. Morris @johnmor@

cameron.edu, like the Magic Lantern Film Society on Instagram @

magiclanterncu, or go to their website cameron. edu/magiclantern.

From 6-7 p.m., Sept. 5, the Cameron University Accounting Club hosted their opening meeting in Ross Hall, room 103, to elect officers and review what they will do as a club throughout the

course of the fall 2023 semester.

The Accounting club is designed for Accounting, Marketing, Finance and Business students but is available to any Cameron student from any major. Officers go through a welcoming process for

the newcomers.

They went straight into planning for the organzation’s monthly activity — the first of which will be a raffel.

These events let members earn community service hours and gets members involved on campus,

which will help them with professional development in the future.

Members also went through the resumebuilder process for their future careers.

The Accounting Club acts as an avenue through which students can

network, participate in various social events and meet other students with similar career objectives.

Strategic communication junior Ramona Villegas said she loves the accounting club.

“This is my fourth semester,” she said.

“Miss Lonzanida is always welcoming, and even though I’m no longer an accounting major, she makes me feel like I’m right at home.” For more information, email club adviser Bernadette Lonzanida at bernadel@cameron.edu or call 581-7990.

Jeramie McMichael Staff Writer

Be audit you can be! (Left to right) Jacob Meador, A’lana Meador, Brianna Julian and Ramona Villegas are all members of the 2023-24 CU Accounting Club. The accounting club hosted their first meeting of the semester from 6-7 p.m., Sept. 5, in Ross Hall.

And Action! Haley Skiles makes popcorn for attendees of the film. “The Outsiders” was the first Magic Lantern Film Society showing this semester.

Photo by Kaley Muse

Photo by Jeramie McMichael

A RICH HISTORY

Cameron University Sports

By Haylee Key Sports Editior

Cameron University has a rich history dating back to 1908 when their doors first opened.

Cameron began as a junior college, offering high school classes as well as their college classes.

Cameron was a school of agriculture, which is where its student body gets its nickname, the Aggies.

Cameron began its first sports program in 1909 with men’s basketball and men’s track. Cameron soon began offering more sports including: football, golf, tennis, softball, cross country, riflery, boxing and more.

From 1930-1950 Cameron was considered a national boxing power in AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) and golden gloves. At the time, people were able to box in Cameron colors without being Cameron students.

Cameron was also well known for their football team. Cameron won 5 national championships in football in the years: 1931, 1941, 1960, 1961, and 1987. Although football was bringing championships home, Cameron dropped the football program on Dec. 11, 1992.

In 1958, Cameron won the first ever national championship world series for junior college baseball. This was inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame in 2021, a

proud moment for Cameron’s athletic director, Jim Jackson.

These were not the only national championships won by Cameron however. Cameron also won national championships in 1961 for riflery, 1980 for basketball and 1983 for golf.

Cameron opened the door to its infamous aggie gym in 1956. Cameron has the only pier and beam floor in the Lonestar conference. The construction of the flooring at Cameron gives Cameron a homecourt advantage. This type of flooring allows the players to jump higher and move easier due to the give in the floor.

“The players love it” Jackson said.

“That’s why people love to come here.”

Cameron also has walls directly behind their goals which allows for better depth perception while shooting.

Cameron’s colors have had a history of their own.

Cameron has changed their color four times before finally

staying with the black and gold we know today.

In 1927 the aggies changed their name to the cowboys and changed their colors to orange and black. Four years later Cameron changed back to the Aggies with their black and gold colors. In 1967 Cameron tried for change again, and changed their colors to red and white. This caused an uproar, so three years later in 1970, Cameron changed back, yet again, to black and gold.

Today, Cameron is a part of the Lonestar conference and NCAA. Cameron welcomes new coaches, athletes and procedures. Cameron began its own Hall of Fame in 2007 with several inductions since.

For Jackson, putting this together was an educational journey.

“I learned about them and that was kind of the beauty of it, was you learn the history of Cameron athletics” Jackson said.

Cameron has also won several regional championships as recent as 2022. Cameron continues its strong sportsmanship and traditions.

Cameron’s legacy is far from over, and we look forward to seeing what the future hold for the Cameron Aggies.