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CollegianNick Scott gives perspective to CU

At age sixteen Nick Scott was paralyzed from the chest down in a car accident. Today, he is a world famous body builder, an award-winning ballroom dancer and a professional model.

Scott appeared on campus on at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 23 to speak to over one hundred CU students, staff and community members. Disability Services, the Athletics Department and PAC hosted the event.

Before it officially kicked off, Scott sat at the front of the room next to another man in a wheelchair, Carlos Dominguez. Dominguez saw Scott on YouTube and brought the idea for the event to Director of Student Development Dr. Jennifer Pruchnicki.

“Before my accident, I was really big into fitness,” Dominguez said. “So, you know, I didn’t want to stop. I actually found him when I was in rehab in Oklahoma City.”

Dominguez was inspired by Scott’s commitment to fitness and bodybuilding despite his car accident.

“I really didn’t want to stop with fitness, so going on his website and seeing all of the other bodybuilders,” Dominguez said. “I found him and there was a whole bunch of other bodybuilders.

“You know, I’m paralyzed from the chest down. Technically I’m a quadriplegic. I don’t have fine motor skills with my hands. Just seeing how he doesn’t care – that kind of attitude just kind of grasped me.

“I know there is a good chance that I’m not going to walk again, and I’ve accepted that. Just being able to see him and the other body builders and their attitude and their passion for lifting just kind of gave me hope, you know.”

As Scott told his story and shared his message, he wheeled around the stage in his customized wheelchair, which includes rims and neon lights.

His message is that the right mindset can lead people to their wildest dreams.

“It is very simple,” Scott said. “If you think you can do it, you are going to try and focus on that nonstop and you will think about it constantly. As soon as you think you can’t do it, you’re not going to do it, so you’ve already convinced yourself that you can’t do it.”

One of Scott’s personal goals was to have the professional wheelchair bodybuilding category added to the International Federation of Professional Body Building competition. That goal was realized in 2011.

Nick repeated his inspirational messages such as “Your worth is greater than you think,” “It’s all about impacting others. Every one of you has a God-given gift that you can use to give back to the people on this earth,” and “To succeed in life you have to reach for something outside of yourself.”

He reiterated, “If I can do it, so can you.”

Throughout the talk, audience members laughed and clapped at Scott’s story and message. The audience consisted of many members of CU’s various athletics teams.

Tyler McKinzie, a psychology major and baseball player, attended because he said he thought Scott’s message would be cool.

“He kept it really light and he kept it really fun, and it turned the whole thing into a really positive message,” McKinzie said. “He just kept reiterating how anything is possible and you can do whatever you set your mind to, and that is what I really liked more than anything.

“I mean every baseball player’s dream it to make it to the [big leagues] some day, so to hear something like that from a guy in his situation is really special.”

The message will stick with McKinzie, “From now on, whenever I feel like I can’t do something, I am probably going to think back to him.”

Casey BrownA&E Editor

@CaseyBrown_CU

Don’t stop: (Above) Nick Scott signs photos, books and memorabilia. (Below) Scott stands from his wheelchair, walking a few steps during his presentation titled “Perspective.”

Photos by Casey Brown

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Aggies first conference

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Medicine Park flute festival and art walk

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Award-winning student orators from across Oklahoma showcased their skills at Cameron’s 31st annual Speech Demonstration Day on Sept. 18.

Over 700 students from 36 schools packed Lawton’s McMahon Auditorium for a morning of verbal exercises and debate workshops. The students performed in a

variety of events including interpretation, speech and debate.

Cameron Director of Forensics Sarah Collins said the selection process was put in place to get the best student speakers on stage.

“We ask for nominations from coaches across the state at the beginning of August and then select the students who placed highest at the state or national tournament last year,” Collins said.

For the students on

stage, the chance to give their speeches to audiences displayed not only their prowess in the given events but also the topics that matter personally.

“It’s definitely an honor to get to perform on a stage in front of so many high schools,” Collins said. “Most of the students choose material that are very important to them, so it also gives them an opportunity to advocate for an issue that they really care about.”

The personal angle of the speeches made the event for Collins.

“What made this year’s demo day stand out were the outstanding performances by the students selected to perform,” she said. “All of the performers placed extremely well at the state tournament last year, so they were highly entertaining and educational.”

Cameron hosts high school speakersJacob Jardel

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The beginning of the fall semester has been filled with loss for Cameron University.

One of Cameron’s Student Support Services’ therapy dog, Tulip, has passed away.

Sympathy cards, long hand-written notes and pictures of the Cameron therapy dog cluttered the

office door of Director of Student Support Services Doreen Thomas, Tulip’s rescuer and owner.

Tulip was a Great Pyrenees and Thomas rescued from the OKC Shelter.

When Thomas found her, she tested positive for heartworm and had also came down with cancer.

“I knew it was going to be impossible for her to get adopted out to the right home,” Thomas said. “So I just decided to keep her myself.”

Tulip survived the heartworm treatment, and she had her bottom left jaw removed due to the cancer, forcing her to learn how to eat again.

Tulip’s strength allowed her to encourage others who were going through or had gone through similar situations.

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Alumni Association offers scholarship

At 9:30 a.m. Sep. 15 in the Buddy Green room, Cameron students learned many invaluable skills on how to help prevent and cope with test anxiety.

The workshop was part of the ongoing CU succeed workshop series. The speaker of the event was Maureen DuRant, an instructor from the Teaching and Learning Department.

“This workshop can be very beneficial for students,” DuRant said, “especially

coming up on midterms. I believe that much of the test anxiety that students suffer from is due to the fact that they have not prepared correctly, and if students can learn to strategize and know what to do besides stare at a book, then they will do better. Many students do not know how to study, and in this workshop, I address many of those types of concerns while giving them some relaxation tips and techniques.”

The room was packed with students and many of them were incoming freshman who are taking

collegiate level classes for the first time. At the start of the workshop, some of them voiced concerns about their own study habits.

Zach Walker, a freshman majoring in Accounting, said he went to the workshop to sharpen his test taking skills.

“For some reason, I just can’t seem to recall the information when I sit down to take the test,” Walker said.

Another student, Melissa Druien, a freshman majoring in Sports and Fundamentals, said she also struggles with taking tests and hoped that the workshop would help alleviate some anxiety.

According to DuRant, this workshop intended to give students advice that they could put into practice when their next test rolls around.

“Students need to first engage in pre-study,” DuRant said. “This is where students need to prepare materials and consolidate

their notes. Much anxiety comes from being ill prepared and this will help to eliminate much of that.”

DuRant also stressed that students need to find what strategies work best for them.

“Remember what works for one student might not work for another,” DuRant said. “Some students study better at home, and some students don’t do as well when they attempt to study from home and they find that they do better when they prepare and study at the library.”

DuRant wants students to try and think like professors when they study. She said it is important to study things they feel the professor would put on the test.

“I want students to know that if they can’t get their anxiety under control then it might be good for them to schedule an appointment at the wellness center,” DuRant said. “They are on campus to help.”

Workshop eases students’ test anxiety

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On the dotted line: Cameron University President John McArthur oversees as Dr. Wayne Johnson, President of the Cameron University Foundation Board of Directors, and Becky Holland, President of the Cameron University Alumni Association, sign the documents establishing a new endowed scholarship funded by a donation from the Alumni Association.

The Cameron University Alumni Association (CUAA) recently endowed and awarded the first Alumni Association Endowed Scholarship this spring.

Director of Alumni Relations Jennifer McGrail has been with the Alumni Association office for the last seven years, and the association has given out a small amount of money to junior and senior students for about 15 years.

“Several years ago the board of directors got together and said we need to ensure our scholarship lives in perpetuity,” McGrail said, “and that we are able to impact the greatest number of students.”

The scholarship is open to juniors and seniors who have outstanding achievements in the classroom, as well as the area of service.

“Our requirements are somewhat loose,” McGrail said. “We know junior and senior students often times have heavy academic loads and social loads.”

The CUAA asks the

scholarship recipients to maintain a 3.0 GPA and be actively involved on campus specifically by completing 10 hours of community service with the Alumni Association.

Jessica Champagne is serving her fourth year as a member of the CUAA Board of Directors, and she was the Board President when the CUAA Endowed Scholarship was approved.

“Any scholarship is important because it is supporting students in achieving their academic and professional goals,” Champagne said. “ I think what makes this particular

scholarship distinctive is that it is coming from a group of Cameron Alumni who take great pride in helping current and future Aggies accomplish their goals.”

To apply for the scholarship, students can fill out the general scholarship application located under the financial aid section of the Cameron website. The deadline for scholarship applications is Feb. 1.

McGrail has seen the CUAA grow as they make changes to better serve Cameron students and graduates.

“The Alumni Association Board of Directors has recently undertaken a massive review of our strategic plan,” McGrail said.

The CUAA has sent out surveys to alumni to see how they can better serve graduates. They will soon ask the faculty and staff, as well as junior and senior students, for their opinions.

“They [juniors and seniors] are the future members of the Alumni Association,” McGrail said.

One of the more recent CUAA programs is Aggie G.O.L.D. (Graduates Of the Last Decade). They work to serve the more recent alumni through various events.

For more information on CUAA go to cameron.edu/alumni.

Smack that: A group of Cameron students attempt to hit the Big Pink ball over the net in a practice for Big Pink Volleyball. Cameron’s first Big Pink Volleyball fundraiser will take place Oct. 4 with proceeds going to Cancer Centers of Southwest Oklahoma.

Big Pink volleyballCasey Brown

A&E Editor@CaseyBrown_CU

Big Pink Volleyball is coming to CU on Saturday, Oct. 4.Teams of six to ten players can register to play for the fundraiser

event, which will benefit breast cancer research. No experience or knowledge of volleyball is necessary to

compete. The Office of Student Activities will host the event, and

they will put together brackets this week. The soft deadline for registration is Wednesday, Oct. 1.

The event is called Big Pink because teams will be playing with a four-foot, bright pink ball.

The format of the tournament will be determined on the day of competition based on the number of teams. The tournament may be pool play, double elimination or single elimination.

Some teams have already registered for the event, and the day may include an exhibition game between campus administration, Student Activities Specialist Leslie Cothren said.

In addition to the tournament, students will be competing in the spirit competition. Students who dress up in their choice of costumes will compete in the spirit competition; a prize will be awarded to the team with the best costumes.

Teams can register online at imleagues.com/cameron. The cost of registration is $5 per person on the roster of the team. Proceeds go to Cancer Centers of Southwest Oklahoma.

For more information, contact Leslie Cothren at 580-581-2217.

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This event also provided an opportunity for interested high school students to take a look at Cameron, particularly the Forensics Team, which sets up a recruiting table each year.

“A lot of the kids that come to demo day are from smaller schools in the state,” Collins said, “so it is a really good opportunity for them to meet with some folks from Cameron and learn about what our university has to offer these kids.”

According to Collins, one other important aspect of the event was the look into the idiosyncratic world of speech and debate.

“The Forensics (Speech and Debate) community is an odd one that is really hard to explain to those who haven’t experienced it,” Collins said. “Most people don’t understand what we do, the amount of effort and time it takes or the quality and richness of the arguments and performances that are produced.

“Events like Demonstration Day are important to me because they provide me an opportunity to let others get a small glimpse of what we do.”

According to Collins there are unique differences between what the Forensics Team does and what other organizations do.

“Unlike in athletics and other activities, Speech and Debate tournaments aren’t separated into divisions,” she said. “Every weekend they go out, they are competing and winning against huge D-1 schools and powerhouses in the region. They represent the University extremely well.”

Collins also said that forensics provides students with various life skills such as writing, research and presentation. These abilities help the students involved with the Forensics Team succeed with their college careers and beyond.

“Students who participate on the Cameron Speech and Debate team represent the University incredibly well during their undergraduate careers and most of them go on to represent the University and the team in their communities and professions,” she said.

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SGA weekly

At the fourth SGA meeting of the semester, members received a lesson in Parliamentary Procedure and a first-hand experience in writing legislation.

Associate Professor of Communication Dr. James Heflin spoke to the SGA body about the dos and don’ts of Parliamentary Procedure. According to Heflin, he has been instructing the Cameron SGA in the regulations of their meetings for 50 years.

During her presidential remarks, SGA President Sidney McCormack announced that SGA would be hosting a voter registration table from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Oct. 1 in the MCC. Students are encouraged to stop by and register to vote.

The governing body also got a chance to practice writing legislation. The students divided into groups of three or four and chose a topic that they would like to see put into action. After the session, SGA members were encouraged to type up their legislation and turn it in to the Legislative Committee for editing.

Vice President Nikki Kirk is the head of the Legislative Committee, and ten students volunteered to assist Kirk.

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CU at the Pole: a tradition

A moment of prayer: At 7:30 a.m. on Sept. 24, students across the nation gathered around their schools’ flagpoles for the national day of prayer, See You At The Pole. Cameron students from the Baptist Collegiate Ministries, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Nigerian Association prayed at the flagpole in front of the Administration Building on Wednesday. The Cameron BCM headed the gathering and provided breakfast for everyone in attendance. Senior Layton Harper led the group in worship, and sophomore EJ Watson read from Ephesians 6:8 and encouraged students to never stop praying. Five volunteers prayed for Cameron, friends and family, the world, the nation, missions and outreach. Afterwards, students were invited to sing one more worship song and to pray for the areas that were previously prayed about – circles of chalk around the building represented each area. During the week of Oct. 6-9, the BCM will host their annual Focus Week. Students are invited to worship every night that week at 8 p.m. If students are interested in getting involved with the BCM, they can contact the Director Danny Toombs at 580-353-4197.

Photo by Kaley Patterson

Dear Aggie: relations in the workplaceCUTV air times

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Dear Aggie,I’m having a little trouble in my

love life. There’s someone from work I really want to ask out on a date, but I’m afraid to ask for two reasons: I don’t know if she feels the same way, and I don’t know if it would be a good idea to ask out someone I work with. What do you think I should do?

Sincerely, Frustrated

Dear Frustrated,Your concerns about asking

out a coworker are probably right, especially in the workplace. In some cases, pursuing a coworker can be seen as inappropriate.

Check to see if your place of employment has a no-dating policy. If there isn’t one, trust your instincts, but keep in mind that if things go south, you’ll still be working with her. If your workplace has a no-dating policy, try to develop a friendship. If you ever leave your place of employment and still have feelings for her, you can take your chance to pursue a relationship.

Sincerely, Aggie

Dear Aggie,I would like to know why

CUTV only airs the film show and the sports show on campus TVs but not the CU News show. I’m a freshman biology major living on campus and I have yet to see the CUTV News show. I think as a student I should be able to watch the news on campus like the other shows.

Sincerely, Membrane

Dear Membrane,CUTV News airs on campus,

along with Film Geek, Game Time and Let’s Talk. We’ve included a side bar so you can see what time student shows air on campus TVs. You can also visit the website at aggiecentral.com. The website is updated weekly with new episodes. If you find shows are not airing at the times listed, contact Dr. Matt Jenkins (mattj@cameron.edu), who can help find a solution for the problem.

Sincerely, Aggie

PUPPIES continued from page 1“I would take her to

cancer centers and rehab centers where people were either going through cancer treatment because she was a good spokesman of ‘Okay, she can survive it, you can survive it,’” Thomas said, “or I would take her to rehab centers where people had lost a limb or something and having to deal with that.”

Although Tulip kicked

two major ailments, she recently came down with hip dysplasia. Two weeks ago Thomas had to put her down. Tulip was going on 12 years of age and had been a therapy dog at Cameron for two years.

“She was a good spokes-dog

to take around and gave people a lot of encouragement,” Thomas said. “So she was a survivor, that’s for sure. She just couldn’t kick the hip dysplasia.”

Tulip left behind not only Thomas and those she encouraged but also her friend Lilly, also another therapy dog for Cameron. Lilly is an eight-year-old Great Pyrenees and, like Tulip, is a rescue dog.

Thomas said someone had thrown Lilly away, so

Thomas rescued her. “I found her living under

a bridge over by my house,” Thomas said. “She was very skinny and in very bad shape. I tried to find whom she belonged to. She wasn’t micro chipped or

anything. After awhile when no one came forward to claim her, I kept her.”

Tulip and Lilly may have been the same breed, but they both had different personalities. Tulip was more out-going, Thomas said, and she would walk up to people, sniff and greet them. Lilly on other hand is more shy and timid, Thomas said.

“Sometimes she [Tulip] would get up and walk around the floor,” Thomas

said. “Whereas Lilly, she’ll just stay in here with me all day.”

Thomas has recently inherited another dog that will potentially become a therapy dog.

He’s a miniature schnauzer named Bo, and he belonged to a good friend of Thomas who passed from bone cancer last November.

“No one could take care of him, so I took Bo,” Thomas said. “I think he’s got the making of becoming a therapy dog, but we will see. Come November he’ll be finished

with the first part of his training then he has to do his therapy dog certification training. So maybe by January he’ll be certified and I can bring him.”

Thomas said that it has

been hard losing Tulip – for the students, those she encouraged and even Lilly.

“She still looks for her,” Thomas said. “But I’m hoping with time we’ll both get closure.”

Lilly

Tulip

Cameron Intramural Sports added two new sports to this semester’s lineup in addition to existing favorites.

This semester, students, faculty and staff will have the opportunity to participate in ultimate frisbee and kickball.

Ultimate frisbee is a non-contact sport that combines aspects of soccer, basketball and football. Players on a team move down a field to score points by passing a disc to a teammate in the opposing end zone. The game came as a request from students who filled out an annual survey from the Office of Student Activities and will begin in October.

While kickball is not entirely new to Cameron, Student Activities Specialist Megan Canfield said they made some changes to increase participation.

“We tried to do kickball,

but there wasn’t a whole lot of sign up for it,” Canfield said. “We are going to have open games on Friday afternoons where anybody can come and play. Sometimes we will give away prizes, so overall it will be a fun time.”

Kickball is currently the only sport that does not require prior registration. For all other intramural sports, those interested will need to create a free account and register online at imleagues.com or download the site’s mobile app, REC*It. Players can create a team to invite friends or apply as a free-agent and be drafted by an existing team.

Sign ups for the Big Pink Volleyball tournament, regular volleyball, ultimate frisbee, weightlifting, racquetball and a mini-triathlon are still available. The Harry Potter inspired Quidditch matches will return in the spring.

Canfield encourages those who are considering participating in intramural sports to give it a try.

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Sports Editor@KristaPylant8

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Collegian is available each Monday during the year. It is printed by the Lawton Constitution. The first issue is provided for free. Each subsequent

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When it fades to black and gold

You learn a lot about life on a Netflix binge of “Scrubs.”

“Scrubs” was a dramatic comedy of the 2000s that went on for eight full seasons and a ninth most would rather not talk about. It focused on Dr. John “JD” Dorian and the various doctors around Sacred Heart hospital and addressed

the facets of medicine, love, life and loss.

It is also, without a doubt, my favorite show for those exact reasons.

In my most recent binge of the show, I finally came to the season eight finale – or, as many call it, the real series finale. JD walked through the halls one last time, reminiscing on the past eight years while imagining the many years to come. It makes me emotional every time.

As the credits rolled and behind the scenes footage showed the cast and crew film their final scenes, I thought about finality. I thought about graduation.

There are few times in life where you can prepare for your golden wrap, the final cut of your final scene of a series or a film. You prepare for your wedding day, the golden wrap on single life. You prepare for retirement, the golden wrap on your working life.

In college, you prepare for graduation, the golden wrap on your academic career.

Having been through one already, I can say that you spend all of your final season on campus prepping for the golden wrap. You plan the right classes, sign the right papers and get all the right things to make the final scene perfect.

But I learned toward the end of my fourth – and supposedly final – season that I was getting at three more years at Cameron to round out my master’s degree. I had three more seasons to plan toward a golden wrap.

One season has passed, and I still have two more to think about the upcoming new finale, the true golden wrap of my series as a Cameron student. Two seasons seems a bit far off, but you have to be able to tie up loose ends effectively and gracefully without rushing it.

You saw the “How I Met

Your Mother” finale and the backlash it caused.

But there is one thing I have come to notice about my excessive planning for the golden wrap: I spend a lot of time looking back.

In my entire time planning for my final season and, eventually, the final scene, most of my time has focused on what I plan to leave behind, what I have to say goodbye to when I hear cut on the final scene.

I never took much time to look into the future. Even JD, after walking through the hallway of people he worked for and with over eight seasons, looked into the future he wanted as a doctor, a husband, a father and a friend.

I have yet to do that.I talk all the time about how

I plan to be a sex educator, a therapist, a college instructor – something to help the greater good. But, so far it all stays as just talk. The “PhD” folder on

my Google browser remains dusty and seldom touched.

I hate to admit it, but I am horrified of a future without some sense of familiarity.

Cameron is the only academic home I have known over the last few years. Yes, some faces have changed in that time, but it has all remained constant and familiar. It is all still Cameron – different director, same show. This comfortableness keeps me sane.

If you have yet to notice, I fear change. However, I doubt I am the only one.

Every one of us has some sort of fear of change. It can sublimate in different ways: fear of uncertainty, fear of being alone, fear of failure and a million other vast and massive fears that come from the fear of change.

Change is the universal constant, ironically enough.

But we all have to remember that change can lead

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to good things. It helps us learn about things we cannot fathom otherwise. It helps us adapt to new situations. It helps us expand our horizons.

It helps us come out of our golden wraps ready for the next thing to come our way.

So embrace the change as you would an old friend – after all, it is the oldest friend we have, the only one that has stayed the same. Look back on the cast of people you met here and reminisce about the good times. Be well aware of and in touch with your favorite.

But, after you do that, look forward to what change has in store for you – the different spinoffs you can start in that continue your career. Get ready for the many new episodes you have yet to film with new casts and crews. Prepare for the memories you have yet to make on set.

In short, make your golden wrap a beginning just as much as it is an end.

Coming back for a degree and a direction

Casey BrownA&E Editor

@CaseyBrown_CU

It is easy to dream of a new life, working the perfect job with a college degree in hand. It is easy to assume that a college degree will lead to success and stability. It is easy for people to say, “you should be in school; you’re so smart.”

I heard for many years that I needed to get back to school. It was a given that I belonged in a school setting.

However, I ultimately came back to school because it is important to me to hold a college degree. Part of my identity as a “smart person” was tied to the idea that smart people go to college; therefore, as a smart

person who wasn’t in school, I was not fulfilling my potential. I don’t quite understand the connection between going to school and living the American Dream. It might have been true at one point in history, but at this point, we are all just chasing the lie that is a White-Picket-Fence life.

I didn’t realize that ideal was partly behind my desire to enroll in school.

I question the benefits of a college education. I was told by society that going to college would benefit me socially, and more importantly, it would lead to financial security, a good job, and at the very least a middle-class life. Let’s be honest, by middle-

class life I mean it was essentially a given that I would eventually be a millionaire.

Unfortunately for me, I didn’t have a concrete job in mind. I came to Cameron armed with an abstract vision of a “better life for myself.” For me, that vision was even more abstract because I’m the first person in my family to go to college, so I had no idea what the degree-career relationship looked like in real life.

I enrolled to get an education, not a specific degree. I guess I thought the free-spirited desire to study the liberal arts would be enough. I guess I assumed that if I worked hard enough,

then everything would all work out. Of course, it will all work out because it always does, but while it is working out, I will be making sizable student loan payments. However, I would think that at some point we as a society could get it together and tell our children what to realistically expect out of college and with a degree.

I have realized a little too late that flying by the seat of my pants with the forethought of a hippie, motivated by the lies that were promised to me and my generation, is not exactly going to work out the way I had planned. Good thing I have experience at flying by the seat of my pants.

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Medicine Park alive with musicMedicine Park’s streets

bustled with people visiting the 6th Annual Flute Festival and Art Walk on Sept. 20 and 21. The Medicine Park Economic Development Authority assembled a variety of wooden flute players and multimedia artists.

Headlining flautist, Jan Seiden, has previously appeared on CNN Headline News, was nominated for the 2009 Native American Music Award, has received an Individual Artist Award from the Maryland State Arts Council in 2006 and has also received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Washington, DC Arts Initiative in 2005,

according to her website.“This is my first time here,

and I love it,” Seiden said. “I was thrilled when Medicine Park contacted me and shared with me that the theme for this year is Women of the Flute.”

Seiden has a 22-year background in biomedical research and physiology from Johns Hopkins University but left her field of study after going through many difficult years and began her journey with the flute in 1994.

Seiden said the flute allowed her to peel away western-imposed ideals of life.

“The flute helped bring me back to a much more authentic way of being with myself and with the world,” Seiden said.

Seiden plays the Native American flute, Anasazi flute and the rim-blown flute. Seiden said she is the first woman to play and record a rim-blown flute.

“It’s an incredible experience being a pioneer,” she said. “I always trust that I find myself where I am

supposed to be, we will see where the winds take me and it [Medicine Park] would be a wonderful place to return to in the future.”

In addition to the Flute Festial, the Art Walk was taking place.

Among the many artists, Steve Sutherland from Lawton exhibited his mixed-media sculptures. Rhonda Nixon, a resident of Anadarko, exhibited her oil paintings. Sculptor Bob Willis not only exhibited his clay bust sculptures but he was sculpting in his booth as well.

Randy Jones of Randy Jones Nature Photography said this was his second year

at the Medicine Park Art Walk and thinks it’s a great place to showcase regional art.

Award winning photographer Jason Wallace exhibited his photography at the Art Walk and displayed photography that Wallace said “gravitates towards atmosphere and depth.”

With a bachelor’s degree in Fine Art and a focus in oil painting and a minor in marketing, Wallace found that photography and travelling were his true passions. Wallace said after spending a week painting in Italy, it was a photograph that he shot the morning of his departure that was a turning point for him. After studying the picture over several days Wallace said, “that one shot felt better to me, than any of the paintings I did on the entire trip.”

Wallace has worked on developing his photography since that pivotal trip and thought the Medicine Park Art Walk was a great and different place to showcase his art. He said the character and quirkiness of Medicine Park attracted him, “the entire town seems like an arts district.”

New Sciences Complex Gallery

It has been two years in the United States since England native Alex Clare released his chart topping hit “Too Close” from his debut album “Lateness of the Hour.” When fans thought they would not hear from Clare again, he released his long anticipated second album “Three Hearts” on Aug. 11 in the UK. It was available in the US a couple days after.

“If I do good, I have to be good,” Clare sings in his song “Heavy Hands” from “Three Hearts” – and he certainly does some good with this album. The 13 songs bring out a deeper and more vulnerable side of Clare, but there is still the iconic mix of dubstep and catchy tunes that fans will remember from “Lateness of the Hour.” Clare’s lyrics are hauntingly relatable whether fans connect on a personal or relational level. Listeners who have ever loved and lost can relate to a majority of the tracks on Clare’s album.

The album’s first song, “Never Let You Go”, mixes a hum worthy trumpet with a deep dubstep background while Clare belts out his voice with some subtle big band swing to get listeners singing along. The title track, “Three Hearts,” has a simple drum beat and guitar strums while Clare soothingly sings about three hearts beating under his roof.

Clare has a powerful voice, and he does not hold back in “Sparks” when he sings about the loss of hope in a long lost love. “So Deep” brings out Clare’s soul of jazz and the broken smoothness of his voice that has listeners wanting more.

“Three Hearts” does not seem to have a chart topper like Clare’s “Too Close” former glory. The track “War Rages On” could have the potential, but it’s not as catchy as Clare’s last success.

“Three Hearts” may not come too close to a chart topping album, but fans of Clare will be pleased with his latest work.

The newest art gallery on campus, the Sciences Complex Gallery, was the product of collaboration from seemingly disparate departments: Art and Science.

The new art gallery is one of four places where art students can display their work. The other three include the galleries in the MCC and Theatre and the halls of the art department’s building.

Last year, Dean Terry Conley had the idea to use the recesses in the walls of the Sciences Complex as a place to display artwork.

“[There are] little insets in the wall, and they were probably just decorative or for cabinets or something. I thought, ‘Well, those would make very nice places to display artwork.’ They are a little bit removed from the pathway of the traffic in the hallway and it is set in a little bit and they are nicely spaced,” Conley said.

Those insets are currently displaying the Figure Drawing Show, which consists of artwork from various students who have taken the figure drawing class within the last two semesters.

Monika Linehan, associate art professor, collected the pieces from her class.

“They consist of primarily skeletons,” Linehan said, “which is one of the first things that they do in the figure drawing class…Then there are three examples

of ecroches drawing, which basically are drawing of the figure showing the muscle as if the skin had been removed and showing the layer of muscle underneath.”

The newest gallery has been open for a year, and so far each exhibit has had a science theme, but Conley said that future exhibits can and will venture from the current theme.

“I think we may venture away from the science theme and maybe come back to it,” Conley said. “I leave it up to the art department, and I say ‘We are place for you to use to exhibit your students’ artwork and you guys decide what that is going to be.’”

The collaboration between the two departments has been successful, according to both Conley and Linehan.

Similarly, the two people see that there are many parallels between the two disciplines.

Conley said that both fields involve the creating of a product.

“Both science and art involve the act of creation,” Conley said. “The sciences

are creating and trying to understand a process…The artists use an image

and create something new out of that image... We are not really very far apart.”

The experience of working together has been wonderful, Linehan said. She also said that art and science have many elements in common.

“Both are very creative fields. Artists obviously are always using their imagination to come up with new imagery, to develop new ideas, to even develop new techniques, new ways of creating art with new mediums that maybe haven’t been used before

“Scientists do the same thing. Basically scientists have to be creative in order to discover

new things. That is one of the ultimate things that ties the two together is the ability to think creatively…we would still be thinking the earth is flat if they [scientists] weren’t creative thinkers.”

The continued collaboration of the two departments has created what Conley calls a friendly environment for students to have their first exhibits.

“Two of the students last year, this was their first art show,” Conley said, “and so it is kind of a friendly environment in which to have your first showing. I know in science, if you go to a gathering of scientists and someone presents their research, it can get pretty critical at times. I don’t know what it is like in the world of art, but I think this is a friendly environment for a student to have her or his first show.”

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“Both science and art involve the act of creation. The sciences are creating and

trying to understand a process … The artists use an imageand create something new

out of that image.”Dr. Terry Conley

Dean of Science and Technology

On Display: An ecroches drawing is showcased in the Sciences Complex Gallery, the newest on-campus exhibition space. Several Cameron students have their work displayed throughout the building.

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Album Release Date: Aug. 11Record Label: IslandNumber of Tracks: 13

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Barnett’s throw goes distance online

Volleyball earns first conference win since 2012

Cameron’s volleyball team dug deep to snap their 20-game conference losing streak, defeating Texas A&M-Commerce on Sept. 19.

The Aggies did not carry momentum from their road win to their match against Texas Women’s on Sept. 20 in Denton. The split brought the team to 1-3 in Lone Star Conference play.

Head coach Qi Wang said in a press release that the team had been working on the right fundamentals to put a win in the books.

“We’ve talked about the process of learning how to win matches, and tonight the team battled back late and earned this win,” Wang said. “This wasn’t our strongest performance of the season, but we fought with plenty of heart tonight.”

The match against the Lions marked Cameron’s second consecutive win and fifth consecutive five-set match.

The Aggies took control

early, pulling out to an early lead before A&M-Commerce was able to tie the set at 21 points apiece with a late 9-3 run. However, senior Rebecca Green scored a decisive kill that would lead the Lady Aggies to a 25-23 set win.

The Lions pulled the match even after an early 11-2 run allowed them to coast to a 25-16 set win. The Black and Gold would pull back ahead after winning the third set 25-18, but Commerce came back to take the fourth set 25-18 after a go-ahead 5-0 run.

The Lions opened the final frame with four unanswered points, but CU would battle back to tie the set at 11 with kills from freshman Cristina Viera. Following an exchange of points, junior Shannon DuLaney scored two kills to set up match point.

Junior Kat Evans would make the kill that clinched the match for the Black and Gold.

Sophomore Kayla Hebert added 30 assists and 20 digs to the effort, while freshman Lindsey McCauley came

away with 21 digs.The next match against

the Texas Women’s featured a struggling Aggie offense in a straight-set loss to the Pioneers.

The first set was a back and forth affair until a four-point run put Texas Women’s up 21-15. Despite efforts from DuLaney and Viera, the Pioneers took the first set 25-18. Texas Women’s would go on to win the next two sets 25-15, 25-18.

The Black and Gold experienced troubles on offense, with an attack percentage of .155, 35 kills and 15 errors. They also posted one block at the net, eight less than the Pioneers.

Viera led the team with nine kills and added 10 digs. Green and Evans notched eight and seven kills, respectively. Junior Ingrid Boatman led the Aggies with 16 assists, and Hebert added 11 assists. McCauley contributed with 19 digs.

Cameron will crash the net next on Sept. 30 against Arkansas Tech and Williams Baptist in Russelville, Ark.

Krista PylantSports Editor

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Jacob JardelAssistant Managing Editor

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Point, set, match: The volleyball team celebrates after a point. The Aggies won their first conference match of the season against Texas A&M-Commerce on Sept. 19.

From left center to infield: Assistant Coach Josh Barnett explains signs to senior Tyler Palmer during a fall baseball scrimmage. Barnett captured media attention on Sept. 20 for throwing a homerun ball back to the Chicago Cub’s infield.

If you watched ESPN’s SportsCenter or viewed USA Today’s webpage last week, chances are you saw one of Cameron’s own captured in the national spotlight.

On Sept. 20, Cameron Baseball ’s Assistant Coach Josh Barnett became an Internet sensation after he threw a homerun ball back that reached the infield at a Chicago Cub’s game he attended at Wrigley Field.

It is a Cub’s tradition for fans to throw back the opposing teams’ homerun balls. Barnett said that it is typical for the broadcasters to play clips of fans throwing back the homeruns, but he did not think it would capture the amount of media attention that it did.

“I thought it might get shown on TV during the game, but I didn’t think it was going to be on Sports Center, ESPN, USA Today; blowing up all over YouTube, Facebook and Vines,” Barnett said. “It’s gotten a little crazy. I didn’t expect it to be that big of a deal.”

While it’s commonplace to see the replays, the distance of Barnett’s

throw is what caught the attention of the Fox Sports announcers during the game. During a Cub’s visit to the mound, Fox replayed Barnett’s lob to the

infield with the announcers suggesting that he could play center field for the Phillies.

By attending the game last weekend, Barnett said

he got to cross off an item on his bucket list.

Barnett attended the game with two of his friends who wanted him to go for years, but he was unable

to join them until this year. They purchased their tickets back in January and had to wait nine months to make the trek to Chicago.

Once the date of the

game finally arrived, Barnett showed up two hours early to the stadium in order to get the first-come, first-serve bleacher seats, running to capture a spot above left center. He said he remembers telling the guys that if he catches a ball, he will try to throw it as far as he can.

In the top of the third inning, Barnett got his chance. Los Angeles Dodgers Adrian Gonzalez homered a f ly ball to left center field that sailed over Barnett.

“I saw it coming right at me, and I got excited,” Barnett said. “It went right over my head. A guy attempted to catch it, and it hit his hands and bounced right in front of me in the rows behind mine. I dove between the guys’ legs and reached through and got it.

“I tried to get to the back step because it’s a little bigger and I’d have a better base to throw it in, but it was too crowded though, so I made the guys move out of the way so I could rear back and throw it as hard as I could.

“It was a dream come true, and I got to throw a ball back at Wrigley which I don’t think a whole lot of people get to do that and now with all the publicity it’s gotten, it’s been crazy.”

Photo by Krista Pylant

Photo by Krista Pylant

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