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(Go to Oakland University\222s Athletics Center for any basketball game a\
nd you\222ll find common elements. There are the players,)Tj
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(coaches and fans, of course. And you\222ll always see the cheerleaders, \
dance team and OU\222s mascot, \223The Grizz.\224)Tj
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(Technology Institute, has been attending OU basketball games since he fi\
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(OU athletics grew from being a season-ticket holder to becoming the unof\
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(Since the mid-1980\222s, Preisinger has spent countless hours producing \
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(every men\222s and women\222s game. And for the past five seasons, he\222\
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(from behind the lens of his video camera.)Tj
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(\223It\222s volunteer work,\224 Preisinger said. \223I don\222t get paid\
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(of satisfaction. My joy comes from seeing how much the players, parents \
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(audio/visual materials and equipment. As video technology developed, Pre\
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(\223We take care of classroom and faculty video technology support and p\
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(In the early 1980\222s, the OU Athletic Department had students videotap\
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(the time, but a need for higher quality images came after Greg Kampe bec\
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(\223When Kampe became coach, he helped start a support group for OU men\222\
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(the end of every season, they have a banquet with the coaches, players, \
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(begin presenting footage at the banquets from the season in the form of \
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(videos for each graduating senior. We went quite a few years with sub-pa\
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(have the greatest material to work with.)Tj
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(\223Eventually, it became too much of a headache for the coaches to find\
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(more directly involved. I was at the games anyway as a fan, and it gave \
my wife an extra seat.\224)Tj
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(When Beckie Francis became the women\222s basketball coach in 1994, she \
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(\223In a typical season, I\222ll produce about 10 videos total for both \
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