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by Joan Lowy, The Associated Press

Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.

by Teewhy Dojutelegan

Opportunities are one of those aspects of life that we have all taken for granted at some point or the other. Some do not need to do anything to advance in life, while others have to put in a little extra effort. Many of us, though, fail to realize that life isn’t a bed of roses, and that to get something, we oftentimes have to give something.

To take advantage of those chances to do something in life, we have to be willing to sacrifice “something.” That “something” might be time away from what we like to do, effort to submit an application or just getting out of our comfort zones to find such opportunities in the first place.

The big problem is that many of us do not really want to give to receive. We believe that we have a “right to have” and not a “right to work for.” Sadly, victory would not be sweet if there is no sweat. Success would not be rewarding without hard work.

Today, many youths have ignored the opportunities in life. Many of them have taken the chance to have a good life — a life of satisfaction — and trampled upon it, smashed it and then burned it up, all because they do not want to put the barest effort to make a future.

Many want a ready-made future, one they could just pick up and run with. That kind of path is seldom possible, unless their families already have a nice future planned – and paid – for them.

The unique aspect about opportunity is that it often presents itself multiple times, and in such ways that there is no chance to complain about not having a chance.

In the few years I have spent at Cameron University, I have had more opportunities given me than the average international student. Nigeria built me, Nigeria shaped me, and Nigeria taught me to recognize opportunities. The United States gave me these opportunities.

I have had the chance to travel to multiple states in the US. I have had the opportunity to represent a higher institution. I have had the chance to meet people I would definitely never meet. Through writing for the Collegian, I met the President of the Lawton Fort Sill Chamber of Commerce, where I intern now. If I had decided to be passive and let opportunities such as serving in the Student Government Association, writing for the Cameron University Collegian and serving as a school ambassador pass me by, I can not imagine how life would be for me. Doing all these things gives me great joy and builds my confidence to do better in everything I do — to say nothing of the additional perks that I receive.

It angers me that many people have the opportunity to go to school, to play sports, to work and make something of their lives, but they refuse. Many people hope for the opportunities that a lot of people have, but are not trying to find them.

I know many people who would do 40 hours of volunteer hours per week and still keep a 4.0 GPA just to get part of their tuition paid for. Many people have that opportunity but don’t use it. I have seen students whose parents pay for everything they need, students who do not have to work, but still make poor grades not because they are not smart but because they just cannot be bothered to study.

While in college in Nigeria, I had a friend who was five times smarter than I was. He would have gotten into Medical school with a full ride if his parents could pay for him to take the SAT. Unfortunately, they couldn’t, so his opportunity to become the next Ben Carson died there.

There are many people like him who only need the tiniest bit of opportunity to make a great life for themselves in the fields they have chosen. There are even more people who have all the opportunity they need but do not use them.

Remember, for people who have shoes but don’t wear them, there are people who have no shoes and, worse still, people who have no feet. Make use of the opportunities given to you, for there are many people who do not have that chance.

Our Voice- The Collegian Editorial Staff

The “hope” that many Americans pinned on Barack Obama didn’t have much to do with the policies Americans hoped that the President would enact so much as it did with the bridges they hoped he would build.

Perhaps President Obama could work to mend the gorges of partisanship that have divided the United States.

Voters placed on President Obama not only the responsibilities of fulfilling his many campaign promises, but also doing so in such a way that moved American politics towards a more centrist view; a view more representative of the American people’s wants and needs, instead of one driven by party politics and partisan voting practices.

However, overcoming these gaps seems to have become too much for the President. President Obama constantly struggles to find an identity that fits into a suitable paradigm: leaning too far to the left for the conservatives in the nation, disappointing the moderates with political missteps and failing to rally his liberal base.

President George Washington, in his farewell address, made prescient remarks about the dangers of factionalism in American politics. If President Washington could see the strict lines dividing much of America today, one cannot help but wonder if he would be disappointed.

“The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension … is itself a frightful despotism,” he said.

The reality that compromises are necessary in political dealings is undeniable. Unfortunately, rather than compromise based on the mutual goal of forwarding the interests of the citizenry, Congressional compromises revolve around trading votes for votes on legislation and ensuring party money and support for reelection. When politics becomes too focused on political ambition rather than civic responsibility, the tyranny of monarchy that the Founding Fathers cautioned against has the potential to manifest itself in the form of elected officials.

Don’t mistake this dissatisfaction of the lack of progress in Washington as an endorsement of quick-acting legislation and rampantly expanded government powers. The writers of the Constitution carefully designed the American political system to rely on slow, calculated changes rather than flippant changes focused on the political needs of each legislative session.

What should be embraced, however, is the idea of progress and advancement of American interests on both a state and federal level. Effective legislation should be built upon cooperative governing based on mutual interests and ideals.

These problems represent nothing new. From the inception of the United States, political disagreements have dominated American politics. While the methods and the parties may have changed, many practices remain the same. In comparison to the mud slinging of the Presidential election of 1824, many of today’s political maneuvers might seem relatively tame.

The ability to exchanges now exists. We live in a new era of unprecedented access to information and instant communication. Discussion and dissemination of knowledge, thanks to the Internet, now can exist on previously unfathomable scale.

The Internet’s response the Stop Online Piracy Act and PROTECT IP Act demonstrated that the power for a constituent to influence their Representative or Senators on individual issues now lies in the hands of every politically aware and active American.

The responsibility now falls to every citizen to educate her or himself. Americans need to become politically conscious in order to affect the political change they would like to see.

I am not saying we all need to agree, in fact to suggest so would be an attack on fundamental American ideals. But the time for complacency and relying on mainstream media to arm us with the information we need has passed.

We need to embrace the American paragon that Abraham Lincoln expressed in his Gettysburg’s Address, of a government “of the people, by the people, for the people.”

by Kelsey Carter

Welcome to the time of the Hipster, Minimalist, or any other creativity driven, innovative-thirsty college-aged group not yet named. These sexually frustrated, raging contras are dictating the essence of “cool,” ripping their hair out every time they spot any over-played voice hitting the top charts — or making any money at all, really. But can we blame them for being so prestigious? It is not their fault they are socially and culturally mature. Really, we should embrace them, thank them for refusing to open their mouths and shovel in every piece of junk mainstream media has been feeding us since the birth of Yellow Journalism.

Recently on an exam, a college professor asked how­_ media might hurt/effect society, the blank being violent video games, pornography, certain types of music and so on. While contemplating that question, what I came up with is that American society will not be able to handle media in a way that is not degenerative. Society has been conditioned to receive bits of violent, sexual and sensational ‘news’ or ‘information’, and will always come back for more. If there is ever a shift in the way media is produced, we may just stop functioning as a society all together.

For example, just consider local news. How many viewers would continue watching if newscasters quit reporting on the “Heightened awareness at Cameron after VA Tech shooting” or the like? The question is, then, how will knowing that the general American populous is a cesspool of brain matter, letting every bit of crap information infect the area, apply to the arts and the way we produce and consume intellectual property?

My concern, as a self-proclaimed artistically inclined individual and aspiring photographer, is whether or not I direct my workflow in order to appeal to the desperate needs of the culturally starved group of 20-some-year-olds, or if I produce carbon copy images and works of art that I know will be consumed by the large population of mainstream mindless consumers.

I’ve learned the basics — design elements, design principles, shutter speed and aperture — and I’ve become stale. I am by no means a composition queen, but I want to extrapolate some of these ideas and be fresh and innovative like an up and coming photographer should be. From what I have heard, though, if I want to make money I had better stay within the lines of normalcy. Actually, I had better get on a new career path all together.

But that’s just it, isn’t it? We are not striving to become journalists, artists, musicians and photographers for money. We are taking 15 plus credit hours a semester, writing dozens of papers with dozens of revisions and staring at that unholy white 8×11 Photoshop document until either our eyes bleed or we come up with a composition worthy of an art professor’s meager “It’s okay,”  because we are passionate about our work.

That’s right, it is work, so should we really have to choose?

Do I have to compromise my passion for creativity in order to make a living? I would like to think that one day someone will walk right into my adviser’s office and demand to see Kelsey Carter because they’ve got an offer she cannot refuse, and maybe they will come prepared with a $50,000 dollar check for a start to the unnamed position; I’m not holding my breath, though. The reality is, some people get lucky and others get married to doctors and lawyers who can support their artistic endeavors.

I want to appeal to the minds of the Millennial generation, I think I actually like what those erratic, fashion obsessed school mates of mine are scrounging around for. They are seeking newness, and if I’m completely honest that is what I want to be able to do as a photographer — be fresh and constantly create. I think that the majority of society cannot handle media that isn’t what they have seen for the past thirty years; they might literally explode.

I think you all should know I’m a bit of a risk taker. My plan is to create for the love of it. I’m banking on these crazy kids to pay my bills when, in all actuality maybe they just don’t know what “real” art is. So I will live off Pop Tarts and cereal for the next 10 years while I enjoy the hell out of my career.

When I find a way to be both career happy and financially successful, I’ll let you all know how it is done.

by Tyler Boydston

The nominations have been announced, and the Oscars are ready to be handed out to their prospective winners.

The 84th annual Academy Awards are set to be held at 7 p.m. Eastern standard time on Feb. 26 at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. 2012 marks 11 years that the event has taken place at the theater.

This year’s hosting duties belong to Billy Crystal, who has hosted the show eight other times from 1990 to 2004. The hosting duties were originally Eddie Murphy’s, but he resigned after producer Brett Ratner left the show in November. This will be the first time since 2009 that the Academy Awards will have a single host, with previous years featuring co-host pairs.

Nominations for this year’s categories were announced on Jan. 24 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

The Best Picture category, which has been changing over the course of the past few years, has nine nominees in place of previous last year’s 10. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has decided that the category can have anywhere from five to 10 nominees each year, with no set number. The nine nominees are “The Artist,” “The  Descendants,” “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,” “The Help,” “Hugo,” “Midnight in  Paris,” “Moneyball,” “The Tree of Life” and “War Horse.”

Last year’s winner was director Tom Hooper’s “The King’s Speech”.

As with previous years’ shows, a select few movies have multiple nominations throughout different categories.

Director Alexander Payne’s “The Descendants” is nominated for five awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing and Best Actor for George Clooney.

2012 is the first year at the Oscars for director Michel Hazanavicius, whose film “The Artist” is nominated for ten awards, including Best Picture, Director and Actor. The film previously won Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical at this year’s Golden Globes.

Director Martin Scorsese, winner of the Best Director award at this year’s Golden Globes for his film “Hugo,” is nominated for the same award at the Academy Awards. The film is also nominated for nine other awards, including Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay and Visual Effects. Scorsese previously won Best Director for his 2006 film “The Departed,” which also won that year’s Best Picture award.

The nominees for Best Animated Film this year include “A Cat in Paris,” “Chico & Rita,” “Kung Fu Panda 2,” “Puss in Boots” and “Rango.” This will be the first time since 2006 that a Disney and Pixar collaboration will not win the award, as Pixar’s “Cars 2” is their first film not nominated for Best Animated Film since the category’s inception in 2001.

This year’s nominees for Best Documentary Feature include “Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory,”  which follows the release of the West Memphis Three, “Hell and Back Again,” “If a Tree Falls,” “Pina” and “Undefeated.” Previous winners include “An Inconvenient Truth,” “March of the Penguins” and “Bowling for Columbine.”

2012 is also a year of firsts for two acting veterans. 82-year-old Max Von Sydow, who has never received a nomination from the Academy Awards, is nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role in “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.” Similarly, Gary Oldman’s first nomination is also this year, in the category of Best Actor for his role in “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.” The film is also nominated for Best Original Score and Best Adapted Screenplay.

For more information on this year’s Academy Awards, or the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, visit www.oscars.org

by Sarah Brewer

To mark the birthday of the evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin, members of the CU biology honor society Tri Beta (BBB) and the CU Biology Club hosted a Darwin Day party on Feb. 10 in the CU Science Complex.

Darwin Day, an international celebration held on or around Feb. 12, not only recognize the life and discoveries of Charles Darwin, but also celebrates the human curiosity and ingenuity  which benefits the advancement of all sciences and humanity.

Dr. Michael Husak, a CU Associate Professor who teaches courses like zoology and ecology, explained why the birthday of Charles Darwin was chosen as a day for celebration.

“We could have picked any other day of the year to celebrate it, but Darwin is an iconic figure. You see him, and you think: Evolution.  Everyone does,” Dr. Husak said.

Dr. Husak went on to explain the importance of Darwin’s achievements and discoveries.

“By proposing natural selection, he gave us a mechanism that was testable hypothesis that has been demonstrated again and again,” he said. “He helped us build the one unifying theory we have for the discipline.”

Guests who attended the event included students and faculty from various disciplines and departments, all honoring the legacy of Charles Darwin while participating in several party activities.

First on the itinerary was a showing of “Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life,”  a  documentary that chronicled the life of the evolutionary biologist and focused on his numerous  expeditions, his exhaustive research and his fascination for the diversity of life.

Guests were then treated to a complimentary lunch and a slice of birthday cake and received party favors in the form of t-shirts.

Guest speaker Dr. Loren Ammerman continued Darwin Day with a presentation entitled “The Beauty and Mystery of Bats.”  Ammerman, an Associate Professor from Angelo State University, outlined how the 1,200 existing species of bats are classified into either the Megachiroptera or the Microchiroptera suborders by comparing their visible physical attributes.

Ammerman discussed how her research also involved the use of molecular systematics, a field in which DNA analysis is used to determine relationships among individual organisms and between entire species.

During her presentation, Ammerman also took Darwin Day guests on a field trip, showing them her photos of sites related to Darwin, including his alma mater at Christ’s College at Cambridge University.  In addition, Ammerman shared her personal photos of different species of bats she had studied and collected in Indonesia, South America and in the United States.

Ammerman described the appearance and behaviors of several bat species and discussed how their classification is part of an even greater work.

“Darwin was an avid collector; I have collected mostly bats, but Darwin was interested by this great diversity of life that he had been trying to organize into some meaningful framework.  This framework is the bio-genetic tree,” she said.

The party concluded with a trivia game in which guests were challenged to answer a series of questions based on facts gleamed from the documentary shown earlier that day.

Charles Bingham, who currently serves as President of both the CU chapter of BBB and the CU Biology Club, awarded points to the teams who answered each question correctly.

Bingham, maintains that students who study any of the sciences often build upon the research and work done by their peers.

“I would want students to know that even their contributions to science would be great.” he said.

by Jessica Goodman

video by Tiffany Smith

A group of students are meeting on campus to discuss ideas neither pertaining nor connected to religion.

Cameron University Secular Students (CUSS) is a group which allows their members to hold discussion on topics such as the death penalty and birth control. Daniel Billings, a 23-year-old Psychology major and CUSS President, explained the purpose of the organization.

“CUSS provides a form of discussion for any atheists, nontheistic agnostics, secular humanists, and so on and so forth,” Billings said. “It provides a good discussion on secular topics and even some not necessarily anti-theist topics, ranging from the death penalty, birth control and polyamory.”

CUSS does not impact campus alone. Together with the Biology Club, the group celebrated evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin’s birthday, inviting a speaker to discuss the evolution of bats. On Feb. 14, CUSS came together with PRIDE to celebrate National Condom Day. On Feb. 16, the group held their first movie night of the semester, showing “For the Bible Tells Me So” and “Saved.”

Click here to view the embedded video.

According to Brandon Atkins, a 21-year-old undeclared major, Students greatly benefit being a part of CUSS, if not for the feeling of unity.

“CUSS provides a sense of community,” Atkins said. “It gives me the opportunity to provide different viewpoints, as well as letting me meet other atheists who think like me. It’s kind of like church. You like to meet with people that think like you, to get with people who share your same viewpoints and CUSS lets you do that.”

Atkins also feels that members give something back to the group; that discussion is a two way street. A person may gain an understanding of a viewpoint while being able to share their own views on a topic.

“I like to think that I provide a different viewpoint,” he said. “Different topics that we like to discuss, like polyamory and the death penalty, I think that I have a unique viewpoint on them because of how I was raised.”

Ashley Gormley, a 22-year-old Creative Writing major, believes that CUSS brings something to the Oklahoma area ordinarily lacks, being located in what many people claim to be the “Bible Belt.”

“CUSS provides something for me that we don’t have enough of in this area of the country, this sort of Bible belt community, which is the freedom to speak on religion on an intellectual scale,” Gormley said. “The fact is, most people in our part of the country

are Christians, have been raised Christian and will die Christian.”

Gormley explained that CUSS allows a space for students who have ideas and thoughts about topics that are different from the normal and a group of people to discuss them with.

“There is not a lot of openness to other ways of thinking, other religions and other different ways to live your life,” she said. “I like the ability to sit with other people who intellectually stimulate me, who I can talk to about pretty much anything.”

CUSS meets at 5:30 p.m. on Thurs. in the Science Complex room 103.

by Dianne Riddles

Many people are familiar with Goodwill Industries, albeit in a limited sense. Although Goodwill is highly recognized for its retail stores and donation centers, Goodwill Industries of Southwest Oklahoma and North Texas (GISONT) provides care, concern, consideration and much needed services for many in several communities.

GISONT is a 501c3 non-profit organization that J.C. Kennedy established in Lawton in 1957.

According to President and CEO Jimmy Crews, Kennedy recognized a need for a local Goodwill to serve the Lawton community rather than continued affiliation with the Oklahoma City Goodwill.

“Since 1957, Goodwill services have grown from where they started in working primarily with people who have developmental disabilities,” he said. “Then we saw a need in the community for elderly care, so we purchased a church building and turned it into Goodwill Adult Day Services.”

GISONT-provided services continued to grow as the need for particular services became apparent in the community. One need met came in the form of youth programs for the developmentally disabled, providing summer and before and after school programs. These programs provide care to developmentally disabled children whose parents would otherwise have to find someone to care for their child, allowing the parent to continue to work.

According to Executive Assistant Melissa Beets, whose 15-year-old son is autistic, most daycare facilities end services at 12 or 13 years old making it difficult to find a place for any older child.

“Our Youth Service Center goes up to 21 and even at that point they could transition into the Adult Program,” Beets said. “My son is enjoying himself in the program and he loves it.”

Crews said that, since 1957, GISONT has recognized needs within the community and responded by adding services, which include Career Development, Youth Services, Adult Day Services, Goodwill Village, Contract Services, Document Destruction/Shredding, Voucher Programs and the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program.

According to Crews, there are two important aspects about Goodwill.

“Every donated item that comes in is inspected, and if it is usable and can be put out for sale, we will sell it,” he said. “All of the proceeds that come from those sales are used to fund our organization and all of the programs.”

Crews explained that the Goodwill programs and services help people who have developmental disabilities earn a paycheck.

“Goodwill is not a retail organization; Goodwill is an organization that helps people achieve maximum independence,” he said. “The retail program helps fund a lot of the programs that help the people in our community.”

The Goodwill mission statement reads, “To help people with disabilities and disadvantages achieve maximum independence,” and Crews explained the statement’s importance.

“The first three words are, ‘To help people,’” he said, “and that’s what we do.”

One of the newest programs, Crews said, is the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, which offers free preparation of income tax forms.

“The VITA program is in its second year of providing free income tax assistance,” he said. “Last year, we were the second leading provider of free income tax assistance.”

Cameron University will host a donation drive May 2-4 in order to bring in goods that can be processed and sold in the Goodwill stores. The proceeds from the sale of these donations will support the GISONT offered programs.

More information about all of the available programs, employment opportunities and how to make donations is available at www.goodwillsont.org.

by Miranda Raines

According to studentcity.com, the top spring break destinations include Cancun, Panama City Beach and Las Vegas. One city not commonly found on a spring break destination list, though, is Joplin, Mo.

Cameron University has teamed with Relief Spark to give 15 students an alternative spring break trip option.

Relief Spark is a nonprofit organization that started in New Orleans as a result of Hurricane Katrina. After the May 2011 tornado disaster in Joplin, the organization started another relief effort.

Student activities specialist Steve Sassaman joined with Relief Spark in an effort to involve CU students in a different kind of spring break.

Alternative spring breaks are becoming popular at educational institutions; it is a way for the students to do meaningful projects and services, Sassaman explained.

“The purpose of the trip is to give students the opportunity to do something meaningful with their spring break,” Sassaman said.  “Whereas traditionally people think of spring break as going to places like Cancun and the beach, or getting drunk and partying, alternative spring breaks take students out on different trips, and do meaningful projects and service work.”

Sassaman added that another reason he wanted to involve students was to increase awareness of volunteerism and community involvement.

In addition to the volunteering and community outreach, students have the chance to make a more direct difference in someone else’s life, as well as their own.

Sassaman told of the impact and benefits this trip could have on the students who get involved.

“The students will have fun, just like any spring break trip, but the difference is that they will experience something new they may not have done before,” he said. “They will get to travel outside of Lawton and experience a new area, but most of all they will get to see the direct impact of the work.”

Students will work to build one house from the ground up. Sassaman feels this will help to impact the students and directly show what it is they are accomplishing.

“We will be working with people who were directly affected by the disaster,” he said. “During the trip we will be working on one house the entire week, students will get to interact with the family that is going to move in once we have finished. The team will see the impact and happiness brought to the family, and that is probably the biggest benefit of the effort.”

Sassaman also said that the CU team would take part in the Relief Spark effort of going green, including solar powered and Eco friendly additions to the home.

“The housing that Relief Spark builds is a new green technology,” he said. “So not only are you providing a living space for a family that was displaced, but you are making a positive impact on the environment with the Eco friendly construction.”

Despite all of the construction efforts, students will have some down time to enjoy themselves and relax. A bonfire, games and reflection activities will offer students the opportunity to get to know other volunteers.

The alternative spring break trip will cost the 15 selected students a total of $100 dollars each. This will take care of transportation, food, and lodging. Sassaman said the fee also shows the students’ commitment to the cause.

For more information about the spring break alternative trip contact Steve Sassaman at ssassama@cameron.edu.

by Teewhy Dojutelegan

The fourth annual Take an Aggie to Work Day was Feb. 2.

Jacob Johnson, the Career Services Coordinator at the Office of Student Development, said that the day is set aside for students to “Job Shadow,” going to work with professionals in their field of interest.

“Job Shadowing is a time when a student will go to work with someone in a profession they are interested in,” he said. “The student will ‘shadow’ the professional to experience what a day in the life of that person is like.”

This year, about 20 students applied to shadow professionals in fields such as Health, Financial, Higher Education and Law Enforcement.

Johnson said students have been excited about the opportunity to participate in the event.

“Students have really been pleased with the event and were very glad to have the opportunity,” he said. “It has even opened up doors for many students.”

Temitope Buraimoh, a 17-year-old sophomore Biology major, found her experience informative.

“I had an enlightening experience,” she said. “I was thinking about changing my major, but then the opportunity to check out life in another career presented itself and I took it.”

Buraimoh said the experience is one that she will hold on to.

“Meeting Lucy Laird at the Chamber of Commerce was great. She is exactly the kind of person I want to be like in the future,” she said. “Meeting her was an honor and I will always cherish the memories of that day.”

According to Johnson, employers generally are thrilled at the prospect of being a part of the event.

“Employers are usually very excited to be a part of it,” he said. “This year one particular employer agreed to hosting a shadow and said, ‘If it weren’t for people helping me open doors, I wouldn’t be where I am today.’”

Johnson also said that impressing the professionals being shadowed could be beneficial.

“I actually did find out that this year we had a student who shadowed a place, went back to apply for a job and was hired,” he said. “All because they made an impression on the manager during the job shadow event.”

Cameron University is interested in student learning both inside and outside of the classroom, and events such as this help students confirm that they are making the right career choice.

According to Johnson, the university does not want a student to go all the way through school, only to realize on the job that they had made a wrong career choice.

Johnson said to get into the Job Shadow program, students have to apply and write a short essay to verify serious applicants.

“They are required to write a one page short essay explaining why they want to shadow and what they expect to get out of it,” he said. “We have to let the students know they are representing Cameron University, and the essay process usually verifies that students who apply are serious about the opportunity and understand how they need to act on the jobsite.”

Johnson said that, in addition to Take an Aggie to Work Day, CU also helps students get internships. Both programs help students get a look into what interests them.

“We do offer internships here at Cameron University,” he said. “The way I compare job shadow versus internship is that they both give you a glimpse of what it is like to work in your field of study, but an internship is much more intensive.”

For information about available opportunities, students are encouraged to contact Jacob Johnson through the Office of Student Development, North Shepler room 313, or call 580.581.2512.