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AGGIE MADNESS enjoy practice. We enjoy seeing growth every day … but we’re certainly excited [for the season].” According to Webb, the team has three goals each year. “Number one goal is you want to make the commerce tournament,” he said. “Number two is you want to win the conference, and if you do that – if we’re blessed enough to do that – then the third thing would be the NCAA tournament. “Last year, we made two of three of those goals. We went to the conference tournament, and then we went to the NCAA tournament, and we’d like to grow upon that.” Communication major Cristina Soriano, a junior in athletics and senior in academics, is the point guard of the women’s basketball team. Soriano said it was her dream to come to America from Barcelona, Spain, to play basketball. “I enjoy it so much,” she said. “I’ve been playing basketball since I was five or six, so I think it’s in my veins. I cannot think about spending a day without basketball.” Soriano said she believes the team has improved since last year. “We’re practicing so hard, for real,” she said. “My goal is to win the championship.” According to Soriano, she and her team members love to see fans fill the stands at games. “We play with five on the court, so they [fans] are the sixth player. I think it’s awesome.” Likewise, Webb appreciates the support the team receives from both Cameron and the Lawton community. “We’ve been real blessed,” he said. “This community is great. The campus is great, [as well as] the president and the athletic director. They’re all very supportive. “I think everyone cares. I absolutely love going to watch baseball and softball play and tennis and volleyball. We bring our family to those things, and they come to ours. It just is one big family, and I think that’s really cool.”
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At 6 p.m. on Oct. 19 in the Aggie Gym, students and community members joined the Cameron men’s and women’s basketball teams, the Spirit Team and Ole Kim at Aggie Madness to pump up the Black and Gold pride. Cameron women’s basketball head coach Tom Webb said the purpose of Aggie Madness is to connect the community and students with the basketball teams. “They get to see our new players [and] our returners,” Webb said. Students also received the opportunity to enjoy free pizza and t-shirts, games and prizes. Webb said the prizes given to students totalled about $3,000. “People get flat-screen TVs, the iPods, the iPads,” he said. “It’s a real good time.” Webb said the activities in which students participated include a men’s slam-dunk contest, a three-point contest and a dance contest, which is his favorite.
women that are comfortable being on the floor in front of the crowd playing basketball in a real uncomfortable situation … so it’s kind of nice to see them grow and stretch.” Webb said he and the team members are looking forward to the first game of the season against Harding University. “We have our first home game Nov. 13 at 12:30 p.m.,” he said, “and it’s going to actually be Elementary School Day. We’ve actually reached out to elementary schools and invited them to come. It’ll be a really good game.” Webb said whether it’s a game or a regular practice, he and the coaches just enjoy watching the “It’s fun to see people laugh and have fun and be excited for players improve. “I’m sure the team is more excited the season,” Webb said. “The dance contest is probably the about playing some real basketball as most enjoyable. far as game-wise,” he said. “As coaches, we “It [dance contest] gets the young men and the young
“It’s fun to see people laugh and have fun and be excited for the season”
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ROTC takes first in Devil Dog race in particular.” According to Gibson, by participating in the race, students were able to gain a sense of accomplishment. “Fort Sill respects our program quite a bit,” he said. “We’ve got some of the best students in the world. I honestly believe that. They are great. They are well mannered. They are disciplined young men and women, and they just want to be successful, and through that, they bring recognition to the program.” Gibson said Norman Holcomb, a member of the winning team, is one of the top-ranked students in the ROTC program. Holcomb, a senior with a major in interdisciplinary studies with a concentration in Photo courtesy of Norman Holcomb political science, said the race Leading the pack: Cameron ROTC took the top spot in the 22nd Annual Devil Dog Run on Sept. 12 at Fort also built team camaraderie. Sill. Cadets Keesha Holcomb and Mackenzie Daley also placed in the top three in their groups during the race. “When you do something like that,” Holcomb said, “and and Brandon Crisp. 10K portion,” Gibson said. Friday. Part of that training, Vicky Smith you go through and you win it, Furthermore, Keesha “[Cameron’s primary team] of course, is we go running. Assistant Managing Editor it just brings people together.” Holcomb received second consisted of some from just … We did a little bit extra for @pinkwritinglady Holcomb’s wife Keesha place overall female, while about every class, freshmen that one [race]. The students also participated in the Mackenzie Daley received through seniors. … They ran actually volunteered because At the Fort Sill Marine we can’t make them [compete]. Devil Dog Run, and he said the ten kilometers as a team, Corps Artillery Detachment’s third overall female. Master Sergeant Jason “They volunteered to come it was awesome to get the so the time stopped as the last 22nd Annual Devil Dog Run Gibson, the senior military in on Tuesdays and Thursdays opportunity to work alongside of their team crossed the finish held on Sept. 12 at Fort Sill, her. instructor in the ROTC to get some extra running line.” the Cameron Reserve Officers’ “We’re each other’s best in, so for about two weeks Gibson said to prepare for Training Corps (ROTC) team department, said the race friends,” he said. “We see each consisted of a 10K, which is straight, Monday through the race, the students worked received first place overall. other, push each other, be our 6.2 miles. Friday, they were in here hard to prepare themselves The students on the team biggest supporter and know “Probably eight to ten running and participating and physically for the 10K. included Andres Berber, “We do physical training pushing themselves and getting that we’re there every time.” different teams all of various Miguel Hernandez, Gregory every Monday, Wednesday and physically prepared for that Holcomb said he is also age groups participated in the Mendez, Norman Holcomb
grateful for those who have encouraged him to do his best. “I push myself every day in everything that I do,” he said, “but a lot of it comes from other people. I’ll make suggestions to do something, and if somebody else is there to hold me accountable, I feel like it helps me. I’ve had a couple of cadets that have always been there when I get up early in the morning at 0500 to go running.” Likewise, Gibson said the ability to connect with and lead others is a vital aspect of the military, and the race enabled students to step into those roles. “We teach leadership both in civilian and in the military,” he said. “You have to be out there in the community. “Community leadership is very important because even if they do not have a career in the army, they can very well be our next senators and congress men and women and so on and so forth and even president.” According to Gibson, the ROTC department is preparing for a 5K on Sept. 24. “The proceeds that we earn from these races go to our commissioning ceremonies,” he said, “so [it’s] for our seniors who are about to become second lieutenants and join the army in either the active duty or reserve forces. “
KSWO, DHS team up in monthly adoption campaign Derick Acheampong
Brackens DHS is the said airing the emotional Staff Writer program on trauma from A Child Who Hopes is an incentive of KSWO helps thinking they KSWO featuring children in state custody the program would become waiting for adoption. The program is aired on the bring more adults without first Tuesday of every month. awareness to ever being The program is a collaboration between the community adopted. KSWO and the Department of Human Services about the She also (DHS). The segment aims is to highlight each overload of added that the child’s special personality and interests. work in taking community According to Sharicka Brackens, the editor of children on helped by the program, there are many kids who have been daily basis and contributing Photo courtesy of Sharicka Brackens in the system for a long time. finding people their time, “My personal goal is to tell their stories to adopt them. effort and anything else for the campaign. in a way that compels our viewers to adopt,” “Viewership seems to be high around the first “The response from the community has been Brackens said. “There are currently more than of the month so we chose to air it on the first terrific,” Brackens said. “The day after our first 2,000 children in state custody. Many have been Tuesday,” she said. “If you pull the statistics on story aired, DHS had a significant increase in placed there due to neglect or abuse. Some of the child abuse and neglect in Oklahoma, you will the number of people calling to inquire about children live in foster homes, while others live in find that there is not one county in Oklahoma adoptions.” shelters or residential facilities.” that isn’t affected by this.” Brackens said she decided to do the segment DHS first partnered with KSWO in Brackens said communicating with the kids at because she didn’t want it to be treated as just December 2014. DHS has similar partnerships DHS shows that every kid deserves love and care. another story. with news stations in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. “The children I’ve met so far have such “I have the passion to do it and can dedicate amazing spirits and their resiliency is truly more time to the stories,” she said. Many of those stations air weekly features and amazing,” she said. DHS had partnered with private agencies to have been instrumental in helping children get One challenge the kids face according to help support child adoption such as TFI Family adopted.
Connections. Jason Cecil, director of regional recruitment services of TFI, said working with DHS to foster kids has been a good relationship. “In Oklahoma we currently have over 300 children placed in our foster homes,” he said. “They [DHS] are good to work with.” Due to few homes willing to adopt kids, Cecil said growing the number of adoptions has been challenging, especially in Oklahoma and Kansas as they both have fewer people interested in adopting children. “The biggest challenge for us in Oklahoma is we need more homes,” he said. “Both states need more qualified homes to care for the kids.” Donna Hadley-Harris, a major contributor of DHS adoption program, has fostered over 328 children and has adopted 7 of them. Donna said there are kids who need to be fostered as their numbers increase. “We [she and her husband] saw there is a bigger need for foster care,” Hadley-Harris said. She also advised that fostering is rewarding and not an expensive venture. “One advantage of going through DHS is that they take care of the most of the finances,” she said.
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Sparks of hope: Pictured above are seven of the children featured in “A Child Who Hopes,” a segment broadcast on KSWO Channel 7 on the first Tuesday of every month. Kids like Jasmine, Daniel, Tanner, Noah, Destiny, Dominic and Damien are all in state custody waiting for adoption. For more information, visit adoptokkids.org.
Students get nod for national theater scholarships Angela Jenkins
national scholarships annually. One nominee and one partner from every region will be invited to the national festival. The Staff Writer nominees and the runners-up in their respective regions each Theater majors Diane Denham, Clinton Blackwell Jr., and received a $500 scholarship. Payton Williams received nominations for the presitgious Irene Only the nominee will be able to attend the national festival to Ryan Acting Scholarship audition for the national scholarship. Ryan was a very well known actress most famous for her role as If students place first in the regional competition, they will the grandmother on the show “The Beverly Hillbillies.” Before her make it to the national festival and have a chance at winning death, she left behind money to help future actors. the $5000 national scholarship. There, students will go to the According to the Kennedy Center’s website, “The Irene Ryan Kennedy Center and work with a partner performing a threeActing Scholarships provides recognition, honor and financial minute scene and a one-minute monologue. assistance to outstanding student performers wishing to pursue Viewers of Cameron’s performance of “The Breasts of Tiresias” further education.” gave these students the nod for the scholarship. The Irene Ryan Foundation awards sixteen regional and two Chair of the Department of Theatre Arts Scott Richard Klein
is excited about the nominations his students received. “I am real proud of the work they did,” Klein said. “It is quite an honor.” There are scholarships offered for others such as set design and scene lighting at the Kennedy Center as well. These nominees will make a poster presentation and present it throughout the week of the national festival. There were two others that were nominated in these other areas. Mark Branson was nominated in sound, and Charlene Nagorski was nominated for her work in the costume department. Williams said the acting he did in “The Breasts of Tiresias” was different from high school. “I did act in high school,” he said, “but I did more competition acting than theater acting.”
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Lawton celebrates Halloween Vicky Smith
Pumpkin Patch
who said he was going to bring his mom out because she was The pumpkin patch on the lawn of First United Methodist having a rough day, and he thought it would make her happy, Assistant Managing Editor and he actually did.” Church, which is located at 2602 NW Ferris Ave, is open @pinkwritinglady According to Livingston, Cameron students are welcome from 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Monday through Saturday until Oct. 31. to come pick out the pumpkins of their choice, as well as Katherine Livingston, a high school junior who is The evening of trick-or-treating, carving pumpkins, volunteer if they would like. homeschooled, is a member of First United Methodist wearing costumes and bobbing for apples is approaching. “Volunteering is great,” she said. “We have a lot of great Students who are looking for some Halloween fun can find it Church and a volunteer at the pumpkin patch. people who sit out there, and we have some of the funniest Livingston said the pumpkins come from a Navajo right here, in Lawton. conversations and just get to know each other.” Students can search reservation in New Mexico, and the company is called Trail of Fear Pumpkins USA. for the perfect “How it works is this company will provide pumpkins for For students who want to spice up their Halloween with pumpkin at non-profit organizations,” she said. some scary entertainment, they can stop by the Trail of Fear First United “We get them free, and when we sell a pumpkin, they get a Scream Park, located at 11101 SE Lee Blvd. Methodist certain percentage of the profits, and then we’ll get a certain The park is open every Friday and Saturday in October, Church’s and the ticket booth is open from 6:30-10 p.m. pumpkin patch, percentage of the profits. “It’s all volunteer work. It’s a non-profit, so we’re not The ticket price varies from 15 to 33 dollars, depending on and they can the desired attraction and type of ticket. share a scare making any personal profit. It’s all going to our children’s According to the lawtontrailoffear.com, some of the at the Trail of ministry and music ministry.” According to Livingston, the pumpkins range in price park’s attractions include the Experiment, Cirque de Fear Scream from 50 cents to 50 dollars. Morte, the Magical Work of Ron Wilson, the Black Swan Park. “Our smallest pumpkins are called ‘minis,’” she said. Pirate Ship Museum, ghost cart racing, a Sweet Shop, Boo “The dollar pumpkins are about a softball size … We have House of BBQ and a souvenir shop called the Trail of Fear two-dollar pumpkins that are called ‘spookies,’ and they’re Apothescary. actually our pie pumpkins, and the meat in them is really Junior psychology major Lacey Daubenspeck has been to sweet. the Trail of Fear four times. “From then on up, they [pumpkin company] don’t really “I think the park brings college students something fun, tell us the name of the variety. They just call them bulk new and exciting to do around Halloween,” Daubenspeck pumpkins, but we have a few of those that are different said. “Last year I did all the attractions. My favorite was the colors, so they’re white ones, and then there’s ones that maze … I liked it the best because it had obstacles, and you are orange and white and green.” didn’t always know which way to go. It was a thrill.” Livingston said pumpkin picking is always fun, Daubenspeck said the park also features some familyno matter how old a person is. friendly activities. “One lady came in, and she had a little “I went as a kid with my family for the first time, and pair of overalls,” Livingston said. “She started I loved it,” she said. “It probably is a little more scary for fitting pumpkins into the overalls, and she was going younger ages, so I’d be aware of that, but I think kids could to make a minion pumpkin and paint it. I’ve seen a have a fun time too.” couple of those and they’re very cute.” For more information about the Trail of Fear Scream Livingston said many people were planning to Park, visit lawontrailoffear.com or call (844) 332-FEAR. paint their pumpkins, in addition to other forms of art. “You can also carve it obviously,” she said. “We’ve had a lot of people that decorate with them, and the gourds are good for decorating, too. You can make them into some pretty good pumpkin pies … Baking pumpkin seeds is really awesome.” Livingston said the pumpkin patch brings smiles to both adults’ and children’s faces. “It makes people really happy walking by,” she said. “We have some people who just stop by and talk …You get more of a chance to Photos by Marie Bagwell and Vicky Smith interact with people Trail of Fear: The Trail of Fear owners chose the Lawton Food Bank as that you really wouldn’t on a normal basis. this year’s charity and it is their goal to raise at least $10,000 in cash and food “We had one kid items for the local organization.
Dr. Sadri presents Theatre of Cruelty for Cameron Tyla Eakins
“The difference is that Christianity right now in the 21st Student Life Editor century is by and large not in crisis, @Tyla_Eakins so sparks happen and just stay spectacular sparks,” Sadri said. Professor of sociology at “For example, Seventh-day North Women’s Texas University Adventists are otherwise known Dr. Mahmoud Sadri spoke at 6 as, in every sense, a peaceful, p.m. Oct. 12 in the McCasland spectacularly healthy group of Ballroom at Cameron University Christians and the healthiest about the Islamic State of Iraq population in the United States. and Syria (ISIS), its roots and “But out of Seventh-day ramifications. Adventists, Branch Davidians can Sadri said the formation of ISIS come out and Branch Davidians is an unusual occurrence. are knows as small interpretations. “The occasion that brings us all One of them was David Koresh’s here is the fact that we all are one people in Waco. as a family of humanity by what I “Evangelical Christianity call theatre of cruelty,” Sadri said. can spawn Jonestown started by “Had it not been for the images Reverend Jim Jones, but there was that this extremist group has no tinderbox, no connotation. produced I doubt if this group You never saw the entire city would be interested in what it of Waco joining David Koresh is, where it comes from and how or the entire state of California can we explain such a strange joining Reverend Jones. Horrible phenomenon.” tragedies, but they do not develop Sadri explained his two part into larger phenomenon.” presentation and discussed Sadri said Islam is currently in a violence and extremism. different state than Christianity. “The heart of my presentation “Islam on the other hand,” is two words: the spark and the he said, “has been losing sparks, tinderbox,” Sadri said. “First of but it is also a tinderbox because all we need to know that all world Islam is in a time of crisis. Islam religions, particularly Abrahamic is in its 15th century, about the religions, are prone to sparks same time Christianity started its of extremism, literalism and reformation and all the conflicts puritanism. had bloodshed that came out of “And extremism is only one that. mutation away from violence. “I’m not suggesting that Islam All violent religious people are will necessarily go the way of extremist; of course, not all Christianity, but what I’m saying extremists are violent.” is that Islam is now experiencing Sadri said all religions are modernity and fear of modernity.” sparked from vulnerable, new Sadri, who has a background in interpretations of what traditional comparative religions, compared Christianity used to call heresy.
the similarities of Islamic Islamic empires are collapsing, Sadri said ISIS is a small extremists to Christian Puritans. succumbing to British invasion… population. “To approximate it to Christian not collapsing under their “I do believe this is just a minds,” he said, “think of Puritans own weight but to western moment of the revolution of in Christianity. They both decided encroachment. So these questions Islamic thought, of Islamic culture to go back as what a true religion arise: ‘Where did we go wrong?’; of Islamic civilization,” Sadri said. is to get all the things added to it ‘Why is it that we are losing?’; “It is an inter-civilizational conflict out of it.” ‘Why is it that we are collapsing?’ that will be resolved. But it has to Sadri clarified where the It is in this atmosphere that a resolve in the fullness of time. We ideology ISIS carries is from. gentleman Muhammad ibn Abd need to understand what allows “ISIS or ISIL of northern Iraq al-Wahhab, who in his standards this type of extremism and to do and Syria belong to Wahhabi lived a long time, created what is our best to help the good guys in (Puritan) interpretations of Islam, known as Wahhabism.” this fight.” and they have made that connotation of extremism into violence,” Sadri said. “So Islam of course does have its share of sparks but this is the tinderbox. It’s really what the tinderbox is.” He said Wahhabism is relatively new and gave a brief history of Wahhabism. “This is what is happening in Islam in the 18th century, said Sadri.” “Wahhabism did not exist until the 18th century, it’s a modern Photo by Tyla Eakins phenomenon. It is a reaction Theatre of Cruelty: Iranian sociologist and author explained the establishment of to modernity. ISIS and the current state of Islam Oct. 20. To read some of his Persian and English In the 18th works visit his website drmahmoudsadri.com. century,
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Depression: living on the edge There’s a lot of power in indecisiveness, f luctuations in appetite positive thought. and feelings of worthlessness and guilt. The reframing However, the two required symptoms intervention is one of are depressed mood and loss of the foundational pieces interest. Indeed, those two symptoms of marriage and family are the hallmarks of the disorder. therapy. Therapists help Antidepressants focus on alleviating a client see a negative those symptoms, and many conversations thought or occurrence with people unfamiliar with depression in a different light, thus start with a description of these switching up the approach symptoms. said client takes toward But, even with the numbers and feeling better. descriptors, depression is still an Yet, according to the encompassing thing without an allNational Institute of encompassing definition. Mental Health (NIMH), One friend agreed with the statement major depressive disorder that depression is a cluster of circular is one of the most common paradoxes, especially when combined mental disorders in with anxiety disorders. My good the United States. In friend Sarah referred to it as a sort of 2013 alone, nearly seven autoimmune disease where the brain is per cent of U.S. adults turning you against yourself, making suffered at least one major you believe thoughts that are rationally depressive episode, with untrue. almost nine per cent of 18Just as there are many forms of 25 year olds stating they’ve depression, there are many ways to had at least one. describe it. However, many with the Those percentages seem ailment encounter so many roadblocks to a bit small in the grand their health. scheme of the populous. One of the things Cathy mentioned However, 6.7 per cent of in the aforementioned post was an item adults still accounts for about how those with depression hate 15.7 million people aged themselves. As brooding and blue as 18 or older. it sounds, it’s an unfortunately true Put into perspective, statement for many of us who suffer based on numbers Tribune News Service from the disorder. from July 2013, that’s a “We hate the way we look, the way population on par with Ecuador and more people than the we’re sad, the way everything is irritating, the fact that we combined inhabitants of the islands in the song “Kokomo.” have no stamina or patience, we hate everything: including Needless to say, that 6.7 per cent seems less diminutive. ourselves. But, one may ask, if positive thought is so powerful, “Especially ourselves.” why don’t more people just think more positively? The worst part about this statement is the fact that Truly, a good reframe is a great launching pad into many know that the self-hate is both irrational and untrue. brighter times. That being said, even with the most These thoughts just happen because, again, the brain is resilient clients, it’s not a sure-fire solution. To quote pitting you against yourself. blogger, author and good friend Cathy Terranova, Sarah mentioned something else along those same lines “Depression is hard.” is that depression makes you lie to yourself because your Cathy’s writing brain makes those untrue things seem like canon. It makes focuses a lot on recovery, you push away those you love, give up on dreams and just depression and other facets of mental illness. lose touch with reality – all because of an illness. Her posts on www. It doesn’t help much when we hear one of the phrases cathyterranova.com are almost all of us with depression have heard at some point worth a read – especially in our lives. for those unfamiliar with “You think about it too much.” depression, since they “You should be grateful – other people have it worse.” provide a glimmer of “If you just thought more positively, you’d snap out of insight into life with the it.” disorder. The people who give these pieces of advice mean well For those suffering – they really do. They want to help and give wisdom that through depression, these helps them when their moods are down. It’s not coming posts are worth a read from a place of ill will. because of how relatable Jacob Jardel However, these phrases do come from a place of they are. Sports Editor misunderstanding. One post that comes to @JJardel_Writing Sarah’s comment about how depression is a type of mind is “Things People With Depression Want to Tell You But Can’t.” The title speaks for itself, but the insight she provides throughout is invaluable for the concept of understanding the disorder. However, as Cathy says, there’s a lot more to depression than a moniker. “Even the word, ‘depression,’ is limiting. There are different types and degrees of depression.” In the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) 5, there are over 150 pages of information different forms of depression, from major depressive disorder to the many specifiers for more unique cases. Even colloquially, some know of different types of depression. Seasonal affective disorder, postpartum depression, dysthymia and a slew of other forms of the ailment pop up in the public lexicon from time to time. Needless to say, different subtypes of depression have different f lavors, even if they have the same ingredients. The DSM 5 lists a number of symptoms that come with depression such as fatigue, About Us
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autoimmune disorder brings up a point many people forget about the ailment. It’s a medical diagnosis. It involves biological processes with neurotransmitter serotonin and the deficiency thereof. Despite the fact that depression is an established medical condition, one question arises: why do many not treat it like they would other, more noticeable ailments? There are various posts, comics and media on the Internet that demonstrate this phenomenon. Many feature a person interacting with someone who has an obvious physical ailment and saying one of the phrases to show the absurdity of said approach. As extreme and potentially hyperbolic as these pieces may seem, they drive home the point that mental illness is something that needs care, treatment and support. As Cathy said, “You can’t say anything to snap us out of it. We can’t shop, eat, drink or dance our way out of depression.” But Sarah mentioned one other vital oversight in the general approach to depression. “People don’t realize that having depression can literally ruin your life,” she said. “You lose your loved ones, but, even worse, you lose yourself.” So what can we do to help those of us with depression? Unfortunately, the answer to that question is about as complicated as the disorder itself. Cathy and many other friends who suffer from depression provide a similar answer to that question: we don’t know. “Most people want help,” Cathy wrote. “They just don’t know how to ask or what to ask you to do.” It’s a sad but true fact that most of us with depression face on a normal basis. We can visit a therapist to help us out, but asking a friend for help is difficult not only because of the depression but also because the physical manifestation of “help” is nebulous. But there are some things to do that certainly won’t hurt. Do things you know will help (which depends on the person you’re helping). Prepare to stick it out for the long haul. Realize that depression is a complicated medical mess. Understand the nuances of our disorder as much as possible. Most importantly, be there for us. We’re already swimming in mental seas of troubles and can’t always keep our heads above water. Be the lifeboat, and we’ll always be thankful you were there to help keep us af loat.
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Morris takes first in Art Battle
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Painting a masterpiece in 30 minutes: Ashleigh Morris, a freshman graphic design major, paints on canvases in front of a live audience at the second annual Art Battle and Food Fight. Morris received first place, and her work will be displayed at the Lawton Community Theatre, as well as at Arvest Bank and City National Bank.
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As part of the adult division, Morris participated in live painting rounds that lasted 30 minutes each. She began Assistant Managing Editor with a blank canvas, and by the end of the time allotted, @pinkwritinglady she had completed a painting. The Art Battle was open to the public, and the Cameron freshman Ashleigh Morris, a graphic design audience voted on the winner. major, received first place at the second annual Art Because Morris received first place, her artwork will be Battle and Food Fight, held on Oct. 3 at the Great Plains displayed at Lawton Community Theatre in December, as Technology Center. well as at Arvest Bank and City National Bank. The tech center initially hosted the Art Battle and Morris said she was nervous during the competition Food Fight to raise awareness about its business incubator, and is excited to have won. which is “a comprehensive business assistance program “When I went up there,” she said, “my heart was that helps start-up and early stage firms with the goal of pounding super fast … I wanted to paint this time so I improving their chances to grow into healthy, sustainable could prove I’m better than I was last year. When I won, and self-sufficient companies,” according to edc. I was like, ‘Woah, I really improved … [I gained] a lot of greatplains.edu. self-confidence about painting.” The arts incubator in particular provides “a secure Morris said for the first round of competition, she ‘studio’ space in an area designed for visual or performing painted two trees without leaves. artists to commercialize their art,” according to the “They [trees] were black with a blue background and website. with a tiger face in the corner,” she said. “In the second The Art Battle featured two live competitive painting round, I painted an owl. They were 24 by 30 canvases, so divisions: one for adults, both professional and amateur, they’re really big, so my owl was like the whole thing. He and one for children 17 years old and younger.
was also blue.” According to Morris, she has not always been a confident painter. “I was kind of scared of painting for a long time,” she said. “I was like, ‘I don’t understand how people do this.’ … I [later] realized I really like it.” Morris said she likes seeing what she can create with her hands. “I like drawing faces mostly,” she said. “If I’m painting a face, I’ll get anxious actually because I want to make it really nice, but it’s like you zone out and you just kind of do it … It feels good when I’m done.” Morris said she hopes more people participate in the Art Battle next year. “It’s fun,” she said. “It does promote the art incubator at the Great Plains Technology Center, and it just promotes art in general in Lawton. “We have all these artists here … and they want to paint for you.” For more information about the art incubator at the Great Plains Technology Center, visit http://edc. greatplains.edu/business-incubator/.
‘Hamlet’ is shown live worldwide Jacob Jardel Sports Editor
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Shakespeare aficionados and newcomers alike gathered in theatres worldwide to watch the National Theatre Live screening of “Hamlet” on Oct. 15. While some London theatregoers experienced the thrill of live performance firsthand at the Barbican Centre, other viewers from Japan to the United States watched via movie theatre live stream. This showing comes in the midst of the play’s 12week run through Oct. 31. The play is one of Shakespeare’s most often performed. However, for those who have not read it or failed to pay attention in high school literature courses, there will be spoilers. Some early reviewers worried that the inclusion of “Sherlock” star Benedict Cumberbatch as the title Prince of Denmark would sully the story to appease a non-traditional fan base. However, as a whole, viewers received a uniquebut-faithful rendition of the play. Other reviewers criticized preview performances for placing the famed “To be or not to be” soliloquy at the start of the play. By this screening, however, the speech fell back to its normal spot in the play. That is not to say that director Lyndsey Turner did not take creative liberty on the verbal and visual aspects
of the stage play to mixed results, especially regarding the scenes of intentional comic relief. While some may not take a liking to the play’s moments of inanity, the juxtaposition between comedy and melancholy highlights how various characters fall toward insanity throughout the play. The execution may not be everyone’s taste, but it gives the production an idiosyncratic touch that separates it from other renditions. Indeed, this production strayed away from more traditional aspects of the original play. Benedict Cumberbatch of “Sherlock”
fame played the title Prince of Denmark, modernized as a young collegiate at arms with the antiquated royal aesthetic of his family and court. In fact, costumer Katrina Lindsay did a good job of emphasizing this duality throughout the play. The royal court and those associated with them had costuming to match, while Hamlet’s friends were dressed similarly to Cumberbatch’s Hamlet or Leo Bill’s hipster Horatio. However, the best technical part of the play was the visual aesthetic. Visually, the set work was phenomenal. Scenes were always well decorated and seamlessly integrated previous set pieces appropriately. Meanwhile, montage-like transitions properly added, ridded or moved pieces in a way that did not jar the audience. On that note, the movement during these transitions and throughout the play as a whole was superb. Soliloquys featured greyed out slow motion backdrops to the character in the spotlight, adding to the theme of separation between reality and thought. Regardless of part played in the soliloquys, everyone involved moved with expert blocking and fluidity. On the acting front, Cumberbatch excelled as a youthful Hamlet with one of the best portrayals of the tortured prince to date. He encompassed not only the cerebral Tribune News Service broodiness associated
with the character but also the wide range of emotions that come with his spiral into madness. He had the anger, the manic highs and the ability to switch affects with the turn of a phrase. The most notable showcase of highs and lows comes in Cumberbatch’s interactions with Sian Brooke’s Ophelia. Brooke played the tortured love interest in brilliant fashion, slowly devolving from youthful cheer to raving madness with every hardship fallen upon her. When the two meet for interaction, Hamlet and Ophelia play out a gripping and tragic play of their own. Saving the literary explication, needless to say, both exhibit similar yet idiosyncratic falls to madness; and both Cumberbatch and Brooke portray them beautifully. Two other characters stood out in this play. Ciaran Hinds played a wonderfully villainous Claudius, the now king of Denmark after the death of the late king Hamlet – the younger Hamlet’s father. From the rise of the curtain, viewers could feel the seething disdain the prince had for his uncle-turned-father. Hinds channeled this disdain to play the villain role perfectly. His portrayal of Claudius is a heel throughout, amplifying in the later acts and culminating in the final fight scene. Needless to say, there was no guessing how Hamlet and Claudius felt about each other. The other character of note was the comic relief character Polonius. Jim Norton played the role to a tee, capturing the oafishness and the verbosity of the character in every longwinded exchange. Norton hammed up his role in a way that would make his character proud. Overall, this production of Hamlet was very well done. It was aesthetically beautiful, and character interactions excel. The moments of inanity were hit or miss – as were other aspects of the play. However, between Cumberbatch’s eloquence as Hamlet and Brooke’s gripping performance as Ophelia, there is no doubting that this rendition was a fantastically acted adaptation. Rating – 8 out of 10 poor Yoricks
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Volleyball drops fifth straight match
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Eastern New Mexico Eastern New Mexico University defeated the Aggies in four sets, (25-23, 16-25, 19-25, 15-25) on Oct. 16 in Portales, N.M. Senior Kat Evans led the Aggies in kills with 13, while freshman Jenna Gillean followed up with seven. Evans, Gillean and freshman Tori Luckenbill also had two blocks each on the match. Additionally, Luckenbill contributed 23 assists. Sophomore Cristina Viera had 15 digs for CU, and freshman Jordan Williams was one behind her with 14 digs. Overall, ENMU boasted 64 kills on the match with a .226 hitting percentage compared to CU’s 35 kills and .094 hitting clip. While the Greyhounds also had more digs, 86 to CU’s 59, and more service aces, eight to CU’s three, Cameron came away with more blocks, 6.0 to ENMU’s 3.0. ENMU started the match by jumping to a 0-5 start off of four kills and a CU attack error. A kill by Evans disrupted the chain, but the Greyhounds held momentum. ENMU propelled its lead to seven points until the Aggies began a rally that included two blocks to come within a point, 13-14. The Greyhounds kept two points ahead of the Aggies until back-to-back kills from Gillean and an ENMU attack error knotted the set at 21. Luckenbill and Gillean each put down a kill to give the Aggies their first lead of the set, 23-21. ENMU traded kills with CU, and an Evan’s attack error put ENMU behind a point, 24-23; however, Evans would regain composure to get the first set winning kill, 25-23. The Aggie’s momentum did not carry over into set two as it
was all Greyhounds. Off a 4-4 tie, ENMU went on a ten point run that included seven kills and two aces to command the lead, 4-13. Cameron attempted a late set comeback with a four point run, 16-21, but ENMU would hold them there and go on to take the set, 16-25. Set three saw a tightly contested match early on with seven tie scores. With the set knotted at four, it was the Aggies turn to jump ahead after the Greyhounds committed five straight errors. The set would tie five more times and for the final time at 14 where the Greyhounds took the 14-16 lead off of back-toback kills. ENMU would retain the lead and go on to win set three, 19-25. The Greyhounds carried over their energy as the fourth set only tied once at two before ENMU commanded the remainder of the set, winning it and the match, 15-25. The Greyhound’s held Cameron to a .029 attacking percentage compared to ENMU’s .324 hitting clip.
Errors plagued Cameron in the first set. The set knotted for a fifth and final time at eight before West Texas A&M went on a four point run off two Lady Buff kills and two CU attack errors. Cameron would get in two more kills from Jenna Gillean before WTAMU went on a six point run that featured four straight Aggie errors. The Lady Buffs took set one, 15-25. WTAMU held CU to a .062 attacking percentage, while the Lady Buffs had a .565 hitting clip. Set two began similarly off a 3-3 tie as Cameron committed three straight errors to give WTAMU a 3-6 lead. The Lady Buffs held a four point lead until Cameron narrowed it to one (10-11) following kills from CU’s Kayla Allen and Kat Evans. Both sides traded kills and errors until WTAMU’s Elisa Bentsen put down back-to-back kills for the edge. Cameron remained behind and lost the second set, 18-25. Set three proved to be a thriller with ten ties and three lead changes. Cameron remained down in the beginning stretch until a WTAMU attack error was followed up by a kill from West Texas A&M Aggie Madison Elwood to knot the set at six. The set tied Cameron’s road woes continue as they would fall 3-1, (15twice more until Jordan Williams awarded the Aggies an ace 25, 18-25, 25-21, 18-25), at West Texas A&M on Oct. 17 in Canyon, Texas. After beginning the season at 13-0, the Aggies for their first lead of the set. However, WTAMU took the lead back (9-10) with backhave dropped their fifth straight match, moving to 13-5 overall to-back kills. The set tied four more times, and the Lady Buffs and 4-5 in Lone Star Conference play. remained ahead, but two straight kills by Gillean gave CU the Cameron had two players achieve a double-double on the lead. Two more ties occurred at 15 and 16, but two Lady Buff match. Senior Kat Evans led the Aggies in kills with 17 and attack errors put CU up by two. The Aggies remained ahead had ten digs to grab her tenth double-double on the year. and closed out the set, 25-21, to stay alive backed by strong Freshman Tori Luckenbill achieved her sixth career doubleoffense from Evans and Allen. double after contributing 39 assists and 11 digs. The Aggies stayed behind at the start of the fourth set until West Texas A&M ended the match with 65 digs, 58 kills two straight kills and an ace from Williams tied the score at and a .329 attacking percentage, while Cameron had 59 digs, six. The Lady Buffs would stay out of reach as their offense 52 kills and a .157 hitting clip overall. The Lady Buffs also overpowered CU, awarding them the set, 18-25. achieved 11 blocks versus the Aggies’ three.
Cameron golf teams earn top five finishes
CU Sports Information The Cameron men’s and women’s golf teams each earned a spot in the top five at their respective tournaments on Oct. 19-20. On the men’s side, Zander Winston and Daniel
Nielsen finished one and two at the Midwestern State Invitational, but the Aggies fell one stroke back of first place at the Wichita Falls Country Club. An individual win at the Midwestern State Invitational for Winston
earned him Lone Star Conference Golfer of the Week. Winston fired off a round low 69 to card a 281 (77+72+69) to pass Nielsen for first place overall. Nielsen’s final round 75 put him back one stroke with a 219 (74+70+75). Cameron scored a 301 in the final 18 holes, but St. Mary’s carded four shots to overtake the Aggie team for the overall championship with an 898. Justin Jang carded a 230 (77+75+78) which put him tied for 29th place. Quinton Tews tied for 50th place with a 234 (74+81+79), and Devin Whipple tied for 66th after scoring a 239 (81+79+79). The Cameron women’s golf team finished where they started the day in fifth place after carding a 624 (310+314) at the Oklahoma Intercollegiate. Lexi Thompson shot the low round for CU on Tuesday with a 74, a one stroke improvement from her Monday score.
Thompson finished in tenth place after shooting four birdies and hitting nine pars to card a 149 (75+74). Kennedy Wheeler was three strokes back of Thompson after shooting a
152 (75+77) to tie for 11th place. Katie Johnston improved her second round score by four strokes to tie for 21st after carding a 156 (80+76). Sophomore Erin Hess
had a 168 (80+88) which was tied for number-45 on the individual leaderboard. Junior Robyn Moore rounded out the CU grouping with a 171 (84+87), good for a 50th place tie.
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