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Randy Gipson-Black, religion sophomore, speaks after being sworn in as Student Government Association president Camryn Sanders, biomedical
at the SGA Inauguration on April 11 in the Great Hall in Tom and Brenda McDaniel University Center. Gipson-Black
science junior, is crowned Miss
won 75 percent of the popular vote. His platform included repainting faded parking spaces, expanding the Aduddel
OCU 2017. The pageant was Oct.
Fitness Center, creating a new recycling bill, and getting the campus community more involved in SGA.
22 in Kirkpatrick Auditorium in Kirkpatrick Fine Arts Center. Her platform is “The Storybook Exchange,” a literary campaign and book donation drive. Sanders won first place in the talent portion for her rendition of “The House of the Rising Sun.” She will go on to represent OCU in the Miss Oklahoma Pageant competition in June.
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Getting to know you Adam LaPorte, music theater/composition freshman; Andrea Strickler, acting freshman, and Melissa Campbell, music theater freshman, play Ships and Sailors at First Year Follies on Aug. 24 in Abe Lemons Arena in Henry J. Freede Wellness and Activity Center. The event is to help freshman get to know their classmates during orientation week and become more comfortable in their new community.
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Sharing the feast Celia Tedde, music theater/vocal performance sophomore, leads a Passover Seder on April 10 in the Great Hall in Tom and Brenda McDaniel University Center. The Jewish Stars hosted the Seder so Jewish students would have a community to celebrate the holiday with and for non-Jewish students to be able to experience the culture.
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Sing it out Leo Snow, vocal performance freshman, and Nic Rhodes, economics/finance junior, sing in Lambda Chi Alpha’s Spring Sing performance Feb. 22 in Petree Recital Hall in Kirkpatrick Fine Arts Center. The fraternity won first place in the competition, which was an event hosted by the Blue Key Honor Society to unite the Greek organizations.
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THE CAMPUS April 26, 2017, Volume 110, Number 53
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