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T he C ollegian Central Methodist University • Fayette, Mo.
Vol. 140 • No. 11
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE STUDENTS DOMINATE NATIONAL COMPETITION Meghan Barton THE COLLEGIAN Central Methodist University students represented exceptionally well at national competition in Cincinnati over spring break. Competing against schools from Kansas, Nebraska, Utah, Colorado, Missouri, Montana, and North and South Dakota, Central Methodist came home with the traveling trophy as a result of having the highest percentage of wins at the competition. At regionals in Springfield, MO last October, the team came home with a total of 21 trophies. Professor Teri Haack, the advisor of Lambda Alpha Epsilon, was beaming while being interviewed on the past successes of the team. When asked what a student competing on the Lambda team would walk away with, she responded “hard work and commitment…even though the competition is tough, that a small university like CMU can achieve this level of success is nothing short of magical, but it still comes back to hard work and commitment.” The team here at Central has only been competing for four years. This has been made possible from the support of Student Government Association and the administration here at CMU. Haack commented, “We can go because the university supports us.” Cameron Yates, a senior Pre-Law major expanded on the
preparation the students are responsible for. “Its serious time and money, hundreds of notecards, take tests, prepare weekly. We put more pressure on ourselves… if you want more trophies, make up your mind that you want it.” He concluded with, “It’s not only a competition, it’s a bonding experience. We get to meet so many people in our field.” Yates concurred Lambda is an unforgettable experience for students. “Just to have the opportunity to present myself and say, ‘I’m ranked third nationally among juniors and seniors.’” Haack interjected, “We have a hardcore group of students. They tell me what they want to achieve…student initiated. They dedicate a lot of hours to studying for Lambda.” The team came back with seven first place trophies. CMU students won eight of the trophies, while Haack brought home two. Deanna Quisenberry, a senior criminal justice major came home with three trophies. In the upper division (students with over 65 credit hours including graduate students) Quisenberry placed first in physical agility, first in juvenile justice, and third in police management. Julie Hubbard, senior criminal justice major placed first in the upper division police management. In the same division, Cameron Yates placed third in criminal law. Chase Ford placed took second place in the physical agility competition. Haack competed in the professional division and placed first in both criminal law and juvenile justice.
Hero Hangout
Jacob Heppner THE COLLEGIAN
On Tuesday, April 3, Be the Match organization visited Central’s campus with intentions of holding a drive to collect swabs of saliva needed to determine bone marrow types. The drive was held from 11:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. in one of the conference rooms on the fourth floor of the SACC. The purpose of the Be the Match organization is to “grow” the number of bone marrow donors nationwide. This is no small feat, and in order to accomplish that, drives are held nationwide. These drives are held in conjunction with large companies, churches, college campuses, and also heavily traveled public areas. In order to help out Be the Match’s ultimate goal of finding a bone marrow donor for anyone in dire need, a drive was planned for our campus. Over the course of threeand-a-half hours, 57 people gladly gave up ten minutes of their time to fill out paperwork and get swabbed. The chances of be-
Page 2: Blood drive shatters record Page 3: Short-story writer Ryan Stone Page 4: Mark Stone interview Page 5: Science awards
ing matched up with someone in dire need of a bone marrow transplant is very, very slim, but hope still exists. You never know who is out there terminally diagnosed with a deadly disease and in need of bone marrow. You may be the only chance they have to survive. Because of this, people who go through with a bone marrow transplant are called “heroes.” If this is the case, then our campus is a regular “Hero Hangout.” Thank you to those 57 heroes in my eyes. Also, thank you to everyone who helped make this life-saving event a great success. It truly was amazing to see what makes us Central Methodist students and that is our heart for those in need and our willingness to step up and give back. For more information on Be the Match and their purpose, visit http://marrow.org/Home.aspx. If you would like to donate to the cause and also support the cost of processing the swabs we collected from CMU visit Central’s team page for Be the Match email me at jheppner@centralmethodist.edu.
What’s coming up in this issue: Page 6: Softball 500th win Page 7: Natalie Rolph is new assistant soccer coach Page 8: Video Game Reviews
Page 9: Columbia Concert Schedule Page 10: That’s What She Said Page 11: That’s What He Said Page 12: Moker Brickys