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Members of the Campus Activity Board, an organization started to help students plan activities on campus, put to rest rumors of disbanding.
Michael Chaney, director of student life, said the board remains intact with plans for resuming activities in the fall.
Chaney was diagnosed with Type I Diabetes at the beginning of the year. Rumors circulated that the CAB disbanded after his return.
“Students were saying, ‘I heard that CAB was over and Blu Cru was over,’” said Amaya Howard, sophomore political science major and CAB member. “We didn’t get a chance to do anything.”
Chaney said the group was simply in a “down” time.
“Organizations on any campus anywhere are going to have their ups and downs and their cyclical times,” he said. “Times when the organization is thriving and times when it’s got a little bit of a lackluster.”
Chaney said CAB had two or three dedicated members but was missing additional support and direction.
Gina Kautai, sophomore finance major, agrees.
She joined CAB her freshman year fall 2008 and said a lack of dedication was evident fall 2009 when they returned.
“Past members weren’t really committed to it,” she said. “Another factor was a lack of communication.”
Only about 10 people would attend CAB meetings at irregular intervals, Kautai said. But this didn’t prevent Chaney, Kautai and Howard from hosting a slew of activities.
In Spring 2009, CAB hosted volleyball games, a basketball tournament with free food and drinks and organized a dodge ball game.
“Everyone loved that,” she said. “After every match everyone said, ‘Let’s do it again,’ and we stayed out there until 10 p.m.”
Kautai hopes to get CAB on its feet again in the fall with intentions of “doing more for school spirit and for the people.”
Chaney said although he has to keep a watchful eye on his health, it will not affect his job performance.
“Diabetes is not something that should hold anybody back,” he said. “It’s going to be a little bit of a learning process.”
Howard doesn’t plan on giving up just yet.
“Chaney came in with a lot of things on his hands, and CAB wasn’t at the top of the priority list,” Howard said. “We’ll probably do something toward the end of the semester because we don’t have to give up CAB.”
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