About 300 Lawton Public Schools students participated in the Annual Cameron University Thesis Defense Competition on Nov. 14.
This year’s topic was The Relationship Between Social Class and Government. In the preliminary round, students submitted written papers to a panel of CU professors for evaluations. Then they appeared before a panel of CU professors to conduct an oral defense of their papers similar to what graduate students encounter. Based on their combined written and oral scores, students were awarded Division I, II or III ratings.
Finalist groups and their thesis topics for Division I are:
Jessica Nuth, Alonzo Simpson and Sage Tanner, The Caste System in India, Lawton High; Sammie Camanse, Andrei Louczyshn, Cheyenne R. Gray and Cameron Benner, The Transformation of Class and Power: The Chinese Revolution (1911-1945), Lawton High; Nathan Hunsley, Breianna Russell and Madison Woodruff, Women in Feudal Japan, Lawton High; Waylon Henry, Olivia Malveaux, Jordan Pesco and Mia Trickery, The Industrial Revolution (Great Britain), Lawton High; Arianna Cruz, Daniel Cossio, Ryleigh Hodge and Christian Russell, Abolition of Feudalism in France, Lawton High; Austin Bartek, Santana Gordon, Austin Bowles, Lauren Mercer and Dillon Means, Bolshevik Russia; Eisenhower; Ahjuelyah Waggoner, Jaleah Stanton, Addison Epperson and Cloey Gilfeten, Role of Women in WWII, EHS/LRC.
Finalist groups and their thesis topics for Division II are:
Benjamin Patterson, Otto Taylor, Christopher Montecillo and Jacob Caraway, Apartheid in South Africa, Lawton High; Dylan Thankachan, Isaiah Buckner, Jaychris Bamba and Ismail Atta-Boakye, Relationships Between Government and Social Classes (Nazi Germany), Eisenhower; Brian Bocek, Ariana Long, Cheyenne Crushing and Alejandro Santigo, The British Government and the American Colonies, Eisenhower/LRC; Collin Hetu Addison Epperson, Addalynn VanTrees-Bergman and Reaygen Reiling, How the U.S. Government Treats Citizens in Territories as Second Class Citizens, Eisenhower/LRC.
Finalist groups and their thesis topics for Division III are:
Logan Frazier, Alisa Scott, Jaydon Palmer and David Perez, American Colonies, The Rise of a Republican Government, Eisenhower; Meghan Brown, Teresa Gonzalez and Leilani Upuese, Divided We Stand, Eisenhower; Ataria Capistrano, Gavin Greer, Isabella Ieremia, Chevelle Overbay and Aletta Penitusi, The Inequality of the Estates - General of France, EHS/LHS/MHS/LRC.