OPTIMIST THE Department of Journalism and Mass Communication Abilene Christian University Serving the ACU community since 1912 WEDNESDAY March 23, 2005 Vol. 93, No. 44 1 section, 10 pages www.acuoptimist.com All in a day’s work: The features page focuses on the job of Eddie McFadden in Physical Resources. Page 8 Softball team scores: The Wildcats won three of four games against TAMU- Kingsville last weekend. Page 10 Organizers push bash back: The Tri-University Bash, originally scheduled for March 18, has been rescheduled for April 15 to give planners more time to organize the event. Page 5 By TIFFANY TAYLOR PAGE 2 EDITOR Seven members of the National Broadcast Society won top prizes at the national convention in Burbank, Calif. over spring break. Four student broadcast majors won grand prizes, the highest and only prize given for each student category. Twelve student finalists and two adult finalists attended the convention, and all representa- tives from the university made top three honors in at least one category — a record for ACU— said J.R. Kessler, instructor of journalism and mass commu- nication and sponsor of NBS. Faculty members also received recognition. Dr. Vernon Williams, professor of history, and Kessler won first and second place, respectively, in the documentary category. Suzanne Kessler, J.R. Kessler’s wife, won Regional Director of the Year. Sarah Reid, senior electron- ic media major from Abilene, won the grand prize in the doc- umentary competition for her documentary on WWII war brides, finally winning after being a finalist in the category last year. Students came out on top in three categories other than documentary. Blake Farmer won a grand prize for his radio feature segment named Earth and Sky. Casey Cooper won a grand prize for a television commercial for Gary’s Pizza. Dominique Anderson won a grand prize for an instructional video about drunk driving titled Consequences. Students enter almost every broadcast category, sometimes competing against up to 60 other people in popular cate- gories such as commercials, Kessler said. He said he thinks the com- petition benefits the students. “It lets [students] see how they compare to other students around the country, who Twelve students, two adult finalists attend national conference Seven win top broadcast awards By SARAH CARLSON ARTS EDITOR The university has request- ed that the city rezone the area across from its entrance on Judge Ely Boulevard from a College/University zone to a Residential Single-Family zone. The university made the request to the Planning and Zoning Commission, a recom- mending body of the City Council, and the item was dis- cussed at a public hearing March 7. It was passed by the commission with recommen- dation to the council, which will not vote to formally approve the proposal until April. Lots 16 through 33 on Pemelton Drive in University Hills have been owned by the university and been for sale for some time, said Kevin Watson, associate vice presi- dent for administrative servic- es, in an e-mail. “We have not been in a hurry to sell them because they sit at our front door,” Watson said, “and so we wanted to be careful about how this area would build out.” A developer approached the university about buying the remaining lots on Pemelton Drive, and Watson said once the university was able to gain assurances from him of the type and quality of homes that would be built on the site, they were willing to sell the lots to him. They have asked the city for a Patio Home Overlay, which would allow for the same types of homes to be built along Pemelton Drive that are in areas such as Country Meadows south of Abilene Christian Schools. “We believe it will help maintain a good strong resi- dential area,” Watson said. Residents in the University Hills area “will have new neighbors as the houses go up, and [it] should help them maintain their property val- ues.” The university also requested to rezone the house used as the Alumni Relations office on the corner of Washington Boulevard and East North 16th Street, as well as the house next to it, from a Area near campus entrance would turn to single-family zone School requests land rezoning By CIANA HARDWICK STUDENT REPORTER He positioned himself in the front row of the class- room, focusing intently on the professor’s teaching. He diligently scribbled down notes. But Dr. Royce Money still only managed to get a 70 on the pop quiz at the end of class. It seems that being the president of ACU doesn’t even exempt him from the need to study the textbook to make an A on this chapter quiz. On Monday, Money switched places with a fresh- man for the day. The reading quiz took place in Dr. Jeff Wherry’s developmental psy- chology class, where Money was experiencing life as stu- dent Tatia Close usually does. Close, freshman psycholo- gy major from Dallas, said she is happy with the 70 and hopes Wherry will let her keep the grade. After all, the class average was only two points higher. While Money was busy taking notes and quizzes, Close was discovering what is involved in running a uni- versity. The Stud- ents’ Associa- tion organized the president swap and had freshmen fill out applica- tions to com- pete for the chance to switch places with Money for a day. The swap was arranged because SA wanted students to interact more with Money, said Sarah Woodroof, execu- tive secretary of SA. SA wanted to make Money more of an “accessible charac- ter,” said Woodroof, junior history major from Nashville, Tenn. Another goal of the swap was to allow a student to see how the school operates. This event has happened in the past but not in six or seven years, said Layne Rouse, executive president of SA. He said he proposed that President attends classes; student meets with administrators Money, freshman trade places for day By DANIELLE LINTHICUM STAFF WRITER People crowd inside and out of the store. Sweaty soc- cer players, still in uniforms and dirt-caked cleats, stand with their moms and dads, holding ice cream cones and sweatshirts. College students stand outside, chatting and tasting each other’s ice cream concoctions. The scene could come from an old-fashioned ice cream parlor, and that is what Cold Stone Creamery is attempting to create in Abilene. The ice cream shop is a place to spend time with friends, laugh and eat ice cream. Cold Stone Creamery’s grand opening ceremony happened Saturday, and the store employees are already showing concern for the community. On Saturday, 30 percent of all proceeds went to the Children’s Miracle Network at Meeks Children’s Hospital in Abilene. The restaurant raised more than $1,300 through- out the day for CMN, said Trent McCann, owner of the Abilene Cold Stone Cream- ery. Ice cream shop offers 30 percent of opening profits to local charity Cold Stone Creamery opens By SARAH CARLSON ARTS EDITOR Dr. James Thompson, pro- fessor and associate dean of the Graduate School of Theology, will replace Dr. David Wray as the Robert and Kay Onstead chair of Undergraduate Bible, and Dr. Jeff Childers, associate profes- sor of Bible, ministry and mis- sions, will be the new Carmichael-Walling Chair in the Graduate School of The- ology beginning this fall. T h e endowed chairs have a three-year ro- tating basis, which allows time for re- search to be conducted. The Onstead and Carmic- hael-Walling chairs are aca- demic chairs, which are differ- ent from a department chair. Wray recently stepped down as the chair of the Department of Bible, Missions and Ministry, and Dr. Jack Reese, dean of the College of Biblical Studies, said the department is a long way from filling Wray’s department chair position. The chairs are allowed time to travel and to complete research in their area of inter- est, and Reese said Thompson is probably one of the most distinguished faculty mem- bers in the college. “He is one of our finest scholars,” Reese said. “His work on the book of Hebrews is among the most important on the study of Hebrews any- where. In a variety of ways, he is ideally suited for [the Thompson, Childers named to three-year endowed positions Chairs selected for Bible programs By BRANDON E. COOKS STUDENT REPORTER Spring in Abilene is a time of unpredictable weather, and with tornado season on the way, it is difficult to predict what the weather will be like this season. Michael Decker, meteorol- ogist at the National Weather Service in San Angelo, said, “Abilene is somewhat caught in between variable weather predicaments. “We receive a lot of cold fronts that travel from Canada down through the Central Plains to Abilene,” he said, “and we also receive warm moisture pushed our way toward the Gulf of Mexico”, Decker said. “One day it's hot enough to wear shorts, and the next day it’s cold enough to wear long johns. “The weather here is crazy; it makes people in this region History shows April in Abilene can range from dry to wet, snowy Weather proves unpredictable BRIAN SCHMIDT/Chief Photographer Tatia Close, freshman psychology major from Ottawa, Kan., talks to Dr. John Tyson, vice president for development and alumni rela- tions, in Tyson’s office as part of an event in which she switched places with Dr. Royce Money, president of the university, for a day. BRIAN SCHMIDT/Chief Photographer Kyle Sandrit, sophomore at Cooper High School, tosses up a scoop of Chocolate Devotion before putting it in a chocolate-dipped waffle bowl Monday at Cold Stone Creamery. The ice cream shop opened this weekend and is located at 4249 Southwest Drive. Upcoming Optimist dates Because of the school holiday, the Optimist will not be printed Friday. No newspaper will be printed April 8 while most of the staff attends the annual Texas Inter- collegiate Press Asso- ciation conference in Dallas. See ZONING Page 7 See ZONING Page 7 See SWITCH Page 9 See WEATHER Page 9 See CHAIRS Page 9 See CREAMERY Page 7 Thompson Money A chilling effect
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OPTIMISTTHE
Department of Journalism and Mass Communication Abilene Christian University Serving the ACU community since 1912
WEDNESDAYMarch 23, 2005
Vol. 93, No. 441 section, 10 pages
www.acuoptimist.com
All in a day’s work:The features page focuses onthe job of Eddie McFaddenin Physical Resources.
Page 8
Softball team scores:The Wildcats won three offour games against TAMU-Kingsville last weekend.
Page 10
Organizers push bash back:The Tri-University Bash, originally scheduled forMarch 18, has been rescheduled for April 15 togive planners more time to organize the event.
Page 5
By TIFFANY TAYLORPAGE 2 EDITOR
Seven members of theNational Broadcast Societywon top prizes at the nationalconvention in Burbank, Calif.over spring break.
Four student broadcastmajors won grand prizes, thehighest and only prize givenfor each student category.
Twelve student finalists andtwo adult finalists attended theconvention, and all representa-tives from the university madetop three honors in at least onecategory—a record for ACU—said J.R. Kessler, instructor ofjournalism and mass commu-nication and sponsor of NBS.
Faculty members alsoreceived recognition. Dr.Vernon Williams, professor ofhistory, and Kessler won firstand second place, respectively,in the documentary category.Suzanne Kessler, J.R. Kessler’swife, won Regional Director of
the Year.Sarah Reid, senior electron-
ic media major from Abilene,won the grand prize in the doc-umentary competition for herdocumentary on WWII warbrides, finally winning afterbeing a finalist in the categorylast year.
Students came out on top inthree categories other thandocumentary. Blake Farmerwon a grand prize for his radiofeature segment named Earthand Sky. Casey Cooper won agrand prize for a televisioncommercial for Gary’s Pizza.Dominique Anderson won agrand prize for an instructionalvideo about drunk drivingtitled Consequences.
Students enter almost everybroadcast category, sometimescompeting against up to 60other people in popular cate-gories such as commercials,Kessler said.
He said he thinks the com-petition benefits the students.
“It lets [students] see howthey compare to other studentsaround the country, who
Twelve students, twoadult finalists attendnational conference
Seven win topbroadcast awards
By SARAH CARLSONARTS EDITOR
The university has request-ed that the city rezone thearea across from its entranceon Judge Ely Boulevard from aCollege/University zone to aResidential Single-Familyzone.
The university made therequest to the Planning andZoning Commission, a recom-mending body of the CityCouncil, and the item was dis-cussed at a public hearingMarch 7. It was passed by thecommission with recommen-dation to the council, whichwill not vote to formallyapprove the proposal untilApril.
Lots 16 through 33 onPemelton Drive in UniversityHills have been owned by theuniversity and been for salefor some time, said KevinWatson, associate vice presi-dent for administrative servic-es, in an e-mail.
“We have not been in ahurry to sell them becausethey sit at our front door,”Watson said, “and so we
wanted to be careful abouthow this area would buildout.”
A developer approachedthe university about buyingthe remaining lots onPemelton Drive, and Watsonsaid once the university wasable to gain assurances fromhim of the type and quality ofhomes that would be built onthe site, they were willing tosell the lots to him.
They have asked the cityfor a Patio Home Overlay,which would allow for thesame types of homes to bebuilt along Pemelton Drivethat are in areas such asCountry Meadows south ofAbilene Christian Schools.
“We believe it will helpmaintain a good strong resi-dential area,” Watson said.Residents in the UniversityHills area “will have newneighbors as the houses goup, and [it] should help themmaintain their property val-ues.”
The university alsorequested to rezone the houseused as the Alumni Relationsoffice on the corner ofWashington Boulevard andEast North 16th Street, as wellas the house next to it, from a
Area near campusentrance would turn to single-family zone
School requestsland rezoning
By CIANA HARDWICKSTUDENT REPORTER
He positioned himself inthe front row of the class-room, focusing intently onthe professor’s teaching. Hediligently scribbled downnotes. But Dr. Royce Moneystill only managed to get a 70on the pop quiz at the end ofclass.
It seems that being the
president of ACU doesn’t evenexempt him from the need tostudy the textbook to make anA on this chapter quiz.
On Monday, Moneyswitched places with a fresh-man for the day. The readingquiz took place in Dr. JeffWherry’s developmental psy-chology class, where Moneywas experiencing life as stu-dent Tatia Close usually does.
Close, freshman psycholo-gy major from Dallas, said sheis happy with the 70 andhopes Wherry will let herkeep the grade. After all, theclass average was only two
points higher. While Money was busy
taking notes and quizzes,Close was discovering what isinvolved inrunning a uni-versity.
The Stud-ents’ Associa-tion organizedthe presidentswap and hadfreshmen fillout applica-tions to com-pete for the chance to switchplaces with Money for a day.
The swap was arranged
because SA wanted studentsto interact more with Money,said Sarah Woodroof, execu-tive secretary of SA.
SA wanted to make Moneymore of an “accessible charac-ter,” said Woodroof, juniorhistory major from Nashville,Tenn. Another goal of theswap was to allow a student tosee how the school operates.
This event has happened inthe past but not in six orseven years, said LayneRouse, executive president ofSA. He said he proposed that
President attendsclasses; student meetswith administrators
Money, freshman trade places for day
By DANIELLE LINTHICUMSTAFF WRITER
People crowd inside andout of the store. Sweaty soc-cer players, still in uniformsand dirt-caked cleats, standwith their moms and dads,holding ice cream cones andsweatshirts. College students
stand outside, chatting andtasting each other’s ice creamconcoctions.
The scene could comefrom an old-fashioned icecream parlor, and that iswhat Cold Stone Creamery isattempting to create inAbilene. The ice cream shopis a place to spend time withfriends, laugh and eat icecream.
Cold Stone Creamery’sgrand opening ceremonyhappened Saturday, and the
store employees are alreadyshowing concern for thecommunity. On Saturday, 30percent of all proceeds wentto the Children’s MiracleNetwork at Meeks Children’sHospital in Abilene.
The restaurant raisedmore than $1,300 through-out the day for CMN, saidTrent McCann, owner of theAbilene Cold Stone Cream-ery.
Ice cream shop offers30 percent of openingprofits to local charity
Cold Stone Creamery opens
By SARAH CARLSONARTS EDITOR
Dr. James Thompson, pro-fessor and associate dean ofthe Graduate School ofTheology, will replace Dr.David Wray as the Robert andKay Onstead chair ofUndergraduate Bible, and Dr.Jeff Childers, associate profes-sor of Bible, ministry and mis-sions, will be the newCarmichael-Walling Chair inthe Graduate School of The-ology beginning this fall.
T h ee n d o w e dchairs have athree-year ro-tating basis,which allowstime for re-search to bec o n d u c t e d .The Onsteadand Carmic-hael-Walling chairs are aca-demic chairs, which are differ-ent from a department chair.
Wray recently steppeddown as the chair of theDepartment of Bible, Missionsand Ministry, and Dr. JackReese, dean of the College ofBiblical Studies, said thedepartment is a long way fromfilling Wray’s departmentchair position.
The chairs are allowed timeto travel and to completeresearch in their area of inter-est, and Reese said Thompsonis probably one of the mostdistinguished faculty mem-bers in the college.
“He is one of our finestscholars,” Reese said. “Hiswork on the book of Hebrewsis among the most importanton the study of Hebrews any-where. In a variety of ways,he is ideally suited for [the
Thompson, Childersnamed to three-yearendowed positions
Chairsselectedfor Bibleprograms
By BRANDON E. COOKSSTUDENT REPORTER
Spring in Abilene is a timeof unpredictable weather, andwith tornado season on theway, it is difficult to predict
what the weather will be likethis season.
Michael Decker, meteorol-ogist at the National WeatherService in San Angelo, said,“Abilene is somewhat caughtin between variable weatherpredicaments.
“We receive a lot of coldfronts that travel from Canadadown through the CentralPlains to Abilene,” he said,
“and we also receive warmmoisture pushed our waytoward the Gulf of Mexico”,Decker said.
“One day it's hot enough towear shorts, and the next dayit’s cold enough to wear longjohns.
“The weather here is crazy;it makes people in this region
History shows April in Abilene can range
from dry to wet, snowy
Weather proves unpredictable
BRIAN SCHMIDT/Chief Photographer
Tatia Close, freshman psychology major from Ottawa, Kan., talks toDr. John Tyson, vice president for development and alumni rela-tions, in Tyson’s office as part of an event in which she switchedplaces with Dr. Royce Money, president of the university, for a day.
BRIAN SCHMIDT/Chief Photographer
Kyle Sandrit, sophomore at Cooper High School, tosses up a scoop of Chocolate Devotion beforeputting it in a chocolate-dipped waffle bowl Monday at Cold Stone Creamery. The ice cream shopopened this weekend and is located at 4249 Southwest Drive.
UpcomingOptimist dates
Because of theschool holiday, theOptimist will not beprinted Friday.
No newspaper willbe printed April 8 whilemost of the staff attendsthe annual Texas Inter-collegiate Press Asso-ciation conference inDallas.
See ZONING Page 7
See ZONING Page 7
See SWITCH Page 9
See WEATHER Page 9
See CHAIRS Page 9See CREAMERY Page 7
Thompson
Money
A chilling effect
Calendar Events
24 Thursday
23 Wednesday
26 Saturday
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
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Volunteer Opportunities
27 Sunday
&DAY
Easter.
Pioneer Drive Baptist Churchservice, 10 a.m., Civic Center. Announcements
No events scheduled.Craft Fair sign-ups, 11:30 a.m.-1p.m. Campus Center ticket win-dows.
Weekend Campaign sign-ups, 11:30a.m.-1 p.m., Campus Center ticketwindows.
Shane & Shane ticket sales, 11:50a.m.-1 p.m., Campus Center ticketwindows.
Easter holiday.
Shane & Shane ticket sales, 11:50a.m.-1 p.m., Campus Center ticketwindows.
Blackboard courses unavailable, 8-10 a.m.
Mission bake sale, 10:30 a.m.-4p.m., Campus Center.
Weekend Campaign sign-ups, 11:30a.m.-1 p.m., Campus Center ticketwindows.
Craft Fair sign-ups, 11:30 a.m.-1p.m. Campus Center ticket win-dows.
Shane & Shane ticket sales, 11:50a.m.-1 p.m., Campus Center ticketwindows.
The spring dinner theatre isPride’s Crossing, a memory playwritten by Tina Howe and directedby Adam Hester. The play is about90-year-old Mabel Tidings Bigelowwho, in 1928, swam the EnglishChannel from Dover, England toCalais, France. Shows are April 7-9,15-16 and 22-23 in Fulks Theatre.
Shane & Shane is coming toACU on April 7 in Cullen Auditori-um with Amy Stroup opening. Tick-ets are $10 each and are sold in the
Campus Center ticket window from11:30 a.m.- 1 p.m. weekdays or inthe Campus Activities Board office..For more information call Ext. 2772.
The Ministry presents theGive My All Concert Part TwoSunday, April 17 at 8 p.m. The con-cert will take place in Chapel on theHill. Tickets will be $3 presale and$4 at the door. Proceeds will helpgive teenage mothers the opportu-nity to attend Young Life Camp thissummer.
KGNZ, Abilene’s Christianradio station, needs volunteersto answer phones duringSharathon 2005, taking place April4-7. For more information, contactDoug Harris at [email protected] .
Healing Hands International
is in need of volunteers to helprepair donated bicycles beforethey are shipped to Zambia. Toolsand parts are furnished. For moreinformation, please contact theVolunteer and Service-LearningCenter in the Bean Sprout.
28 MondayPresidential Scholars interviews, 7a.m.-4 p.m., Hilton Room.
Society of African AmericanBrotherhood, 9-10:30 p.m., HiltonRoom.
Sing Song interest meeting, 11:30a.m.-12:30 p.m., Faculty/StaffDining Room.
U.S. Army recruiting, 11 a.m.-3p.m., Campus Center.
Weekend Campaign sign-ups,11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Campus Centerticket windows.
29 TuesdayWomen’s History Month luncheon,11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Hilton Room.
Leadership Camps staff training, 4-7:30 p.m., Hilton Room.
30 WednesdayCampus Activities Board blooddrive, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Hilton Room.
Passport Campus Partners meet-ing, 3-4 p.m., Living Room.
Fellowship of Christian Athletesmeeting, 9-10:45 p.m., LivingRoom.
Shane & Shane ticket sales, 11:50a.m.-1 p.m., Campus Center ticketwindows.
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 Page 3CAMPUS NEWS
BRIAN SCHMIDT/Chief Photographer
Brandon Craddock, sophomore graphic design major from Atlanta, and Chase Webb, sophomore psy-chology major from Nashville, Tenn., talk with Phyllis Trevathan while eating chili at the CharlesTrevathan Chili Cook-off on Saturday. All proceeds raised will go to the scholarship fund in his name.
By LAURA STORKSTAFF WRITER
Fourteen students complet-ed an exercise science coursewhile diving in Roatan, Hon-duras, during spring break.Students can also receive cred-it on trips to the Bahamas andAustralia’s Great Barrier Reefsif they travel during the threeupcoming weekend trips.
Students can earn one ormore certifications on mosttrips, said Dr. Lorraine Wilson,associate professor in exercisescience and aquatics director.Divers must complete fourdives to receive an entry-levelopen water diver certification,while the adventure diver certi-fication requires three divesand the specialty certificationrequires two to four dives.
The weeklong trips allowtime for students to visit exoticplaces and experience the cul-ture of the island, Wilson said.Weekend trips are mostly
spent completing dives, butstudents do have time tosocialize and relax in theevenings.
Wilson said during springbreak the divers experiencedthe best weather a group fromthe university has seen inyears.
“The diving was nice andtwo students got advanced div-ing certificates,” Wilson said.“One student learned under-water photography, while twoothers earned a deep diver cer-tificate.”
Amy Russell, senior biologymajor from Denison, earned anadvanced diving certificate andunderwater photography cer-tificate.
“I had a great time,” Russellsaid. “We dove three times aday and saw so much. It wasgreat to see all of the beautifulfish and different sea life.”
Russell also said she dovetwice at night, which allowedher to see different creaturesthat mostly come out after sun-set.
Entry-level scuba classes,which began in 1988, usuallyfill up fast, but because some
students are unable to meet themedical or swim prerequisite,many drop during the firstweek, Wilson said. Theadvanced classes have smallernumbers, which allows themto gain more diving experi-ence. Both groups travel withstudents from The Dive Spot.
“Learning to dive requiresmeeting certain academic andperformance standards,” Wil-son said. “Some students doenough for credit but don’t goon for certification. I’m gladthey at least get to experiencesomething new and wonder-ful.”
Wilson said students whosuccessfully completed theirdives gained more than just anA.
“Students who completecertification have the opportu-nity to earn additional activityclass credit, dive while on ahoneymoon or family trip orjoin us during a special trip,”Wilson said. “They know theyhave a special lifelong activity.”
E-mail Stork at: [email protected]
Class uses break for diving expeditionExercise sciencecourse provides
opportunity to travel
Food for thought
By RACHEL LAUPAGE DESIGNER
The Campus ActivitiesBoard continues to provide stu-dents with venues to connectsocially throughout the rest ofthis semester.
Upcoming CAB events in-clude a blood drive on March30 and a movie—NationalTreasure—in Cullen Auditor-ium on April 1.
CAB plans a number of cam-pus events every semester,including movie nights, Fridaynight concerts in the BeanSprout, Free Night Out andSadie Hawkins Week.
“I think [CAB] is importantbecause we plan activities thatstudents can usually come tofor a very good price or forfree,” said Jenni Kripner, seniorelementary education majorfrom San Antonio. “It’s goodespecially for freshmen andsophomores who don’t have aplace to gather. It provides agood environment for all of
them to get together.” Kripner is one of four stu-
dent workers for CAB and is incharge of movie nights inCullen Auditorium.
The blood drive on March30 is the second blood drive ofthe semester. The last blooddrive, held about eight weeksago, brought about 40 to 50donors from ACU, said KaylaAnderson, sophomore Englishmajor from Waco.
Anderson is the CAB internin charge of Free Night Out, anevent that gives students theopportunity to spend a night inAbilene for free. The eventtakes place three times a semes-ter.
Movie nights attract a largecrowd of students to CullenAuditorium because studentscan purchase candy and drinksfor 25 cents each and also havea chance to win various doorprizes.
The latest movie night CABarranged was Napoleon Dy-namite at the ParamountTheatre on Thursday. Studentsparticipated in a look-alikecontest, but because of thechange of day and location, thenight did not go as well as
planned, said CandaceWilliams, sophomore socialwork major from Garland andCAB intern in charge of specialevents.
CAB receives funding fromCampus Life, enabling organiz-ers to offer affordable activitiesto students.
In addition to NationalTreasurer, students will alsohave chances to attend a Shane& Shane concert on April 7,participate in a spades tourna-ment on April 9 and enjoy thefinal movie night of the semes-ter on April 29, featuring themovie Ocean’s Twelve.
The success of past eventshas encouraged the studentinterns.
“I’m very school spirited,”Williams said. “I like it whenstudents are doing somethingtogether, and it’s fun.”
“We’re a small enoughschool that a pretty large per-centage of the students cancome and do one thing,”Anderson said. “It’s with somany people, not just yourown group of friends.”
CAB organizes blood drive‘National Treasure’scheduled as next
free movie in Cullen
E-mail Lau at: [email protected]
By LACI ARMSTRONGSTUDENT REPORTER
Someone died during theminestrone soup course. Noone knew who did it until afterthe crepes were served. Themurder took place at theHonors Students Association’sthird annual murder-mysterydinner.
The dinner was Tuesdaynight at Briarstone Manor.Students from the TheatreDepartment acted in the dramaDon’t Eat the Soup, directed byPeter Nolte, sophomore theatremajor from Seattle.
The dinner was divided intothree parts. During the firstpart, the students from theTheatre Department per-formed, introducing the mur-der mystery and giving theaudience the opportunity to
listen for clues and solve thecrime. Then, for the secondportion, students ate the actualdinner while discussing withthe people at their table predic-tions about who committed themurder. Finally, during thethird part, the identity of thecriminal was revealed.
“What’s new this year isthere is more of an actingfocus,” said Bethany Scroggins,president of HSA and juniorpsychology and English majorfrom Hallsville.
“Normally [Honors Stu-dents Association] studentsperform the drama, but thisyear actual theatre students areacting.”
Kaela Latimer, secretary ofHSA and senior elementaryeducation major from Am-arillo, said originally the din-ners were conducted to helpget HSA off the ground.
“Now they’ve also become agood way to provide fellowshipand fun for students,” Latimersaid.
Scroggins said one of thethings she enjoys most is solv-ing the mystery.
“I like the fact it is a murder,and you get to try and figure itout,” she said. “I like to watchpeople guess.”
The next event on HSA’s cal-endar is a kite day at the end ofApril in Nelson Park. Organi-zers are purchasing kite-mak-ing kits for students to com-pete in a kite-making contest.Snow cones and cotton candywill be available.
“I enjoy events like the mys-tery dinners and kite daybecause it offers a time to buildcommunity doing fun thingswith other students, and everyevent we sponsor offers achance for students to use theirbrains,” Scroggins said.
“Honors students aren’t justnerds. We like to have funtoo.”
Honors students solve mysteryStudents attenddinner, discover murder culprit
E-mail Armstrong at: [email protected]
By MITCH HOLTSTAFF WRITER
Members of Pi Kappa hosteda chili cook-off Saturday tohonor a former professor; theevent raised more than $450.
The cook-off honored thelife of Dr. Charles Trevathan,avid chili consumer and profes-sor of sociology and socialwork, who died Oct. 12 of lastyear.
The event took place nearthe GATA fountain and attract-ed about 50 guests. Students,faculty and members of theAbilene community attendedthe event.
“We were pleased with theresults,” said Matt Hurley, pres-ident of Pi Kappa and socialwork graduate student fromAbilene. “We didn’t know howit was going to turn out.”
Hurley said the club wasable to raise such a largeamount of money because ofthe sheer generosity of those
who attended.Phyllis Trevathan, widow of
Dr. Trevathan, was at the eventto taste each chili recipe, andshe had many nice things to sayabout the event, Hurley said.
Participants in the cook-offsubmitted their chili recipe andplenty of chili to feed the spec-tators present, and guests whowanted to taste chili recipeswere asked to contribute $3.All of the funds collected at theevent were put toward theCharles Trevathan EndowedScholarship Fund.
The winner of the cook-offwas Glenda Weatherford,administrative coordinator inthe Music Department, withher Kampfire chili, which is acombination of several popularchili recipes tweaked to herown specialty.
Weatherford said 50 atten-dees was a decent turnout forthe first year of the event, but
she would have liked to seemore students and faculty inattendance and more peoplesubmitting chili recipes.
“I believe this would be awonderful tradition,” she said.“Matt Hurley is to be com-mended along with the other PiKappa students who helped.
“I believe it might be betterattended during the fall afterthe weather cools down andthings are not quite so busy.”
Hurley said even though thedecision to hold the chili cook-off won’t be up to him everyyear, he plans to encouragefuture presidents of Pi Kappa tohold the event.
“[Dr. Trevathan] would haveloved it,” Weatherford said. “Ibelieve it would be a great tra-dition to start.”
Chili cook-off honors TrevathanAbout 50 attendevent; more than
$450 raised
E-mail Holt at: [email protected]
“[Dr. Trevathan] would have loved it. I believeit would be a great tradition to start.”
Glenda Weatherford, administrative coordinator in the Music Department
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By SARAH SCHAEFERSTUDENT REPORTER
Free tax assistance isavailable for senior citizensand people who receive a lowincome. The service will beprovided until April 14, theday before taxes are due.
The Abilene chapter ofthe American Association ofRetired People has threelocations. Volunteers workfrom noon until 4 p.m. in theauditorium of the AbilenePublic Library. At anotherlocation, the Rose ParkCenter, volunteers assistfrom Wednesday through
Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Inthe Mall of Abilene, volun-teers work Tuesday, Wed-nesday and Saturday from 10a.m. to 2 p.m. and Thursdayfrom 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The program wasdesigned to assist low-income people and the elder-
ly, which is why the mall haslater hours—to cater to peo-ple who might have to workduring the day.
“The library is a nice, cen-tral location for tax assis-
tance,” said librarian MariaSkufka, who is officiating theprogram. “Because the olderpopulation doesn’t getaround so much, it is a niceidea to help them.”
The program, which is“first come, first serve,” hasbeen effective in Abilene for
26 years, and volunteers seeabout 16 tax returns a day,said Ken Rosewell, directorof the Abilene chapter of theAARP.
The Internal Revenue
Service provides the trainingfor this nationwide program.Currently, 26 volunteers areinvolved. One volunteerfrom each county partici-pates in a special three-daytraining session conductedby the IRS in Lubbock. Thevolunteer then trains every-one involved in the commu-nity area. In order to performthis service, the volunteersmust pass an exam.
The AARP is always look-ing for volunteers to assistwith the program, especiallyaccounting majors. Thoseinterested can visit the Website AARP.com
By NATHAN STRAUSSTUDENT REPORTER
The International StudentsAssociation has several eventsplanned for upcoming weeks.
Leaders from ISA sched-uled a carnival for Saturday.However, because many par-ticipants became sick with theflu, it was delayed.
Now the carnival is sched-uled for April 1.
Diana Gutierrez, seniormarketing and managementmajor from Honduras and
president of ISA, said studentscan participate in a masquer-ade, bowling, skating andother sport events at the car-nival.
Although it was post-poned, Gutierrez said the car-nival will still take place at theplanned location—the FirstBaptist Church Family LifeCenter.
Gutierrez said ISA is a serv-ice organization for interna-
tional students. Students onISA participate in activities toencourage integration withthe student body.
“It is rewarding to give
back to ISA,” she said. “It’s agood way to serve. You neverknow the impact you can havein people’s lives.”
On Friday, ISA will travelto Six Flags in Arlington.They will meet at the parkinglot north of the Onstead-
Packer Biblical StudiesBuilding from 6 to 7 a.m. anddrive to the amusement parkfrom there.
The cost to attend is $15,which will cover transporta-tion and admission into thepark. The trip will probablytake the whole day, Gutierrezsaid.
ISA students and theirfriends are invited, but anyadditional person who wantsto attend should, Gutierrezsaid.
Currently, 60 students havesigned up, and Gutierrez said20 more students can go.
By LAURA STORKSTAFF WRITER
Dr. Gary Tucker’s goals arehigh. As the new director ofdistance education, he wantsto help move ACU into the21st century.
Tucker, who became thedirector because of hisexpertise and online experi-ence, plans to further devel-op ACU’s current distanceeducation program.
Distance education meansthe student and teacher arenot interacting on campus,although they may interactduring a weekend class inDallas or somewhere else,said Dr. Carol Williams,assistant provost for researchand service. Online coursesand videoconference classesalso fall in the distance edu-cation category.
Tucker believes distanceeducation will become a vitalpart of the university.
“As ACU grows, distanceeducation will grow,” Tuckersaid. “It’s not suddenly goingto be separate from ACU. We
are a part of ACU that isstarting to grow because ofthe world we live in.”
Tucker sees the programgrowing but not dispropor-tionately to the university.
“We are not going tobecome the University ofPhoenix,” said Tucker, refer-ring to an online university.“That’s not our goal. We’ll
grow with the world, and dis-tance education will play avital role in that.”
Williams, who overseesTucker, said having someonewho can devote time to dis-tance education like he can isa significant step to expandthe program.
The existing program willmove in a more planneddirection because of Tucker,she said.
“It’s at a point where weneed someone to direct thatprocess to make sure we endup with ACU quality,” Tucker
said. “Distance education hasalways been here, but it has-n’t been a priority.
“Because of modern times,distance education is grow-ing here at ACU. We want tobe sure we maintain qualityin all of our courses and anydegrees we offer.”
Tucker’s experience willhelp him achieve his goals,
Williams said.While receiving his doc-
torate in science and technol-ogy education from TexasA&M University, Tuckerbecame involved in distanceeducation and went on toNorthern Arizona Universityas a professor in the collegeof education.
Tucker came to ACU withonline experience, Williamssaid. He had also developeddistance education programsand taught courses on thissubject.
“He brought a lot of expe-
rience,” Williams said. “He isgrowing distance education.”
The program currentlyconsists of four summeronline courses and severalgraduate courses, and video-conferencing courses areoffered mainly for education,nursing, Bible and appliedstudies programs.
Tucker said more coursesare expected be added in thefuture after the program’scapabilities are expanded.
“The primary focus is toestablish our policies andstructures so that when wedo move, we will move in away that will be consistentwith ACU’s mission,” Tuckersaid.
“I’m excited about this. It’san area that ACU has heldback from until we made surewe were ready to move. Nowthat we are, we are makingsure we move in a way that isconsistent with who we are.The No. 1 priority is to pro-vide quality ACU experiencesto students no matter wherethey are.”
EMILY CHASTAIN/Staff Photographer
Joe Spano from Spano's Trattoria dips Italian ladyfingers in choco-late while employee Chris Gonzales watches during the chocolate fes-tival at the Mall of Abilene on Saturday.
Distance education grows on campusTechnology advancescontinue to move ACU
into 21st Century
E-mail Stork at: [email protected]
By MARY TANSTAFF WRITER
About 75 students spentSaturday morning cleaning upthe neighborhoods around cam-pus, conducting an Easter egghunt and preparing Mexicanfood as part of Service Saturday.
The Service Action Lead-ership Team organized the eventin conjunction with “Don’t Messwith Texas,” a litter preventioncampaign.
Service Saturday took placefrom 9 a.m. to noon, and stu-dents were assigned to work ondifferent projects.
“We had fewer venues thannormal because our main focuswas the neighborhood clean-up,” said Erin Martin, junioryouth and family ministry majorfrom Houston and chair of theService Saturday committee.
Volunteers divided into 12groups of about six people.
Tara Studer, senior biologymajor from Seymour and co-chair of SALT, was grouped withstudents who visited an elderlyman.
“We helped him cut downand haul off a lot of broken treelimbs and a large tree trunk, andwe picked up trash along hisstreet,” she said. “He was reallyappreciative of the work we didfor him.”
Although committee mem-bers aimed to have 100 volun-teers, Studer said she waspleased with the turnout, andMartin said she was grateful forvolunteers’ eager attitudes.
“They were all really hardworkers and put 110 percenteffort into what they weredoing,” she said.
But the Service Saturdaycommittee faced chaos whilethey prepared for the event, shesaid.
“It took a lot of hard work,but it got done; I think we allfeel rewarded now,” she said. “Igot to see first hand how peoplewere touched when they sawACU students caring for theirneighbors.”
Studer said SALT wanted toestablish a relationship withthose living in the neighbor-hoods around ACU, and she feltthe project had gotten off to agreat start.
“This event was important,particularly because it will havelong-term effects on the com-munity,” she said. “This is aproject that we hope will contin-ue five, 10, 14 years from nowor even longer.”
The next step will be ACUfor Abilene, the biggest serviceproject of the year for SALT, onApril 16. Volunteers will helppeople they were unable toreach on Saturday, Studer said.
Martin said SALT needsmany volunteers for ACU forAbilene, and the committee istrying to involve the whole cam-pus—faculty and staff included.
“There’s always a constantneed anywhere in the communi-ty,” Studer said. SALT plans topublicize more and personallyinvite more people to sign upand get involved.
“It is so much more thanraking leaves, singing a song,playing bingo, serving a meal orplaying with kids,” Studer said.“Through these activities, weare able to share the love of Godto others and bring them closerto him.”
Tax assistance provided for senior citizens
No fooling: ISA chooses April 1 as date for carnival
E-mail Tan at: [email protected]
Students pick up trash,prepare food as part
of SALT activity
Saturday spent servingnear-campus community
Abilene AARPchapter offers services
until April 14
E-mail Schaefer at: [email protected]
Sickness delayed event; organizers hope
for large turnout
E-mail Straus at: [email protected]
“The No. 1 priority is to provide qualityACU experiences to students no matter where they are.”
Gary Tucker, director of distance education
“Because the older population doesn’t get around so much, it is a nice idea to help them.”
Maria Skufka, Abilene Public Library librarian
Chocolate makes everything better
“It is rewarding to give back to ISA.It’s a good way to serve.”
Diana Gutierrez, senior marketing and management major from Honduras
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 Page 5CAMPUS NEWS
Is that really what I look like?
BRIAN SCHMIDT/Chief Photographer
Ben Farris, junior graphic design major from Gresham, Ore., draws a caricature of Zach Sheets (class of 2004), and Kara Sheets, who grad-uated in December, during the Charles Trevathan Chili Cook-off on Saturday afternoon in the mall area.
By MARY TANSTAFF WRITER
The Tri-University Bash willbe April 15 from 8:30 to 11p.m. in the Bean Sprout,instead of last Friday as origi-nally scheduled.
The change came afterorganizers from ACU, Hardin-Simmons University andMcMurry University metMarch 3 and discovered thateach had different plans for thebash.
The organizers’ purposesturned out to be different, said
Kanako Ishimaru, senior busi-ness marketing major fromJapan. She is one of three stu-dent organizers from the Officeof Student MulticulturalEnrichment, who is sponsoringthe bash.
Another organizer, BenLazcano, senior youth and fam-ily ministry major from TheColony, said that along withOSME, Hispanos Unidos and aSpanish organization fromMcMurry helped plan theevent. He said McMurry’s focuswas on the Spanish culture,whereas ACU’s focus was mul-ticultural.
Organizers from all threeuniversities met to work outthe final details and decided onthe theme “Three Universities,
One God.”“It’s more of a sense of pur-
pose than a theme,” Lazcanosaid. “One of our focuses isecumenicalism, which is whendifferent denominations allcome together for the samepurpose—community and fel-lowship.”
He said he hopes throughthis event, students will culti-vate a respect for other denom-inations.
Student speakers willaddress other topics such asHispanic leadership and multi-cultural enrichment at theevent. Each speaker will repre-sent different groups but havethe same goal of unity throughdiversity in mind, Lazcano said.
“We want to make students
aware of multicultural diversi-ty,” he said. “We want to appealto everyone and focus on tryingto get every group represent-ed.”
Ishimaru agreed and saidthe event offered a place forstudents from three differentuniversities to get to know eachother.
“Talking to people of differ-ent backgrounds can be verysignificant. It gives you thechance to learn about othercultures,” she said.
Activities for the bashinclude bowling, pool andXbox and will also featureBurgundy Road, a Christianalternative band fromMcMurry. Attendees can alsoenjoy free pizza and drinks.
“It will be different from theTri-University Bash last semes-ter,” Lazcano said. “This semes-ter, we’ll have a mixer wherestudents are placed in a groupwith other students they don’tknow and get a chance to inter-act, play games and winprizes.”
About 50 students attendedthe last bash, but Ishimaru saidadvertising is one of their prior-ities this semester.
“The more publicity there is,the more people will attend,”she said. “Reaching the com-munity is important.”
Lazcano said with increasedadvertising efforts, especially atthe other two universities, hehopes for a larger crowd.
“We’d be pleased if we had
100 people,” Lazcano said.“We plan to have it at least
once a year, probably twicedepending on how well we dothis semester.
“It is our hope that from thisbash, there will be more eventswhere multicultural and multi-denominational groups cometogether,” he said. “It cooper-ates with ACU’s mission, whichis to change the world. If wewant to do that, we have tostart here.”
For more information, stu-dents may call OSME at Ext.2802 or visit its Web site athttp://www.acu.edu/campusof-fices/osme.html.
Party will focus on multiculturalism, community worship
Tri-University Bash changed to give planners more time
E-mail Tan at: [email protected]
By MITCH HOLTSTAFF WRITER
The Office of StudentLeadership Development ispreparing for this summer’sLeadership Camps and hasselected 47 student staff mem-bers to lead the youngcampers.
“Leadership Camps areACU-sponsored summercamps designed to challengeand develop spiritual growthin youth ages 6 to 18,” saidJan Meyer, director of StudentLeadership Development andassociate director of Lead-ership Camps.
LeadershipCamps bringmore than2,000 campersand 350 adultvolunteers tocampus eachsummer andoffer five dif-ferent campsfor children ofvarious agelevels: Kadeshfor highschool stu-dents, MPulse for junior highstudents, Learning to Lead forfourth to sixth graders,KidQuest Day Camp for firstto third graders and CrossTraining, which takes place inSipapu, N.M., for studentsentering 10th, 11th and 12thgrades.
The camps will take placeJune 5 through Aug. 6, andeach camp session will lastone week.
Meyer said the staff selec-tion process was completedFeb. 25, and the chosen stu-dents had until the followingMonday to decide. A large stu-dent staff is needed each sum-mer to host students of allages during LeadershipCamps, she said.
The staff selection process
included an application, refer-ence check, interviews andgroup interviews.
Jordan Swim, second-yearcounselor and sophomoreChristian Ministry major fromRichardson, said this job is achance to touch the kingdom.
“Christ is the focus, and heworks through these camps atACU,” Swim said.
Meyer said training to bepart of the camp staff is a hardprocess.
“We want each person whorepresents ACU and Lead-ership Camps to have a clearunderstanding of the respon-sibility they have in their job,”Meyer said.
Now that the student lead-ers have been selected, everystaff member will attend a
Tuesday meet-ing, partici-pate in aretreat andarrive oncampus oneweek beforethe arrival ofthe campersfor PrepWeek, Meyersaid.
Before thebeginning ofLeadershipCamps, each
staff member will have com-pleted more than 60 hours oftraining.
Along with the 47 studentswho will serve as camp coun-selors, students will fill morethan 10 other LeadershipCamp positions. Students willbe assistant directors, team-building facilitators and med-ical care and office staff.
“This year our staff selec-tion was difficult,” Meyersaid. “We had an overwhelm-ing number of qualified appli-cants and had to turn downmany capable and talentedstudents, but we are confidentthat those we hired will do anexceptional job.”
Students must gothrough training
before campers arrive
Camp positionsfilled for summer
E-mail Holt at: [email protected]
By JEREMY L. PONDSTUDENT REPORTER
About the time students werechecking Banner for their mid-term grades, several academicdepartments received a reportcard of sorts from VisitingCommittees composed of prac-titioners in the fields of mathe-matics, computer science andphysics.
The committees were part ofthe university’s Visiting Com-mittee program, which invitespeople who teach, work andemploy in a specific field to as-
sess the facilities, curriculumand teaching methods of the de-partments of their expertise.
Dr. David Isenhower, chair ofthe Department of Physics, saidhe was pleased with the VisitingCommittee’s evaluation of hisdepartment.
“They are always very im-pressed with our program,” hesaid. “Sometimes it’s hard to getthem to find things that we needto work harder on.”
The committee did find oneproblem with the department,Isenhower said.
“The main thing they recog-nized was that we are severelyunderstaffed,” he said. Althoughthe current university student-faculty ratio is 17-to-1, the stu-dent-faculty ratio in the Depart-
ment of Physics is 24.5-to-1. Isenhower said the adminis-
tration is aware of the issue andis working to correct it, and theDepartment of Physics is nearthe top of the list to receive anadditional faculty memberwhen funding is available.
Dr. David Hughes, chair ofthe Department of Mathematicsand Computer Science, said healso was pleased with the assess-ments of his department, whichhad one committee evaluatemathematics and one commit-tee evaluate computer science.
“I have not yet seen the com-mittees’ reports, but they werevery positive about our depart-ment while they were here,”Hughes said.
“We’re proud of [the pro-
gram],” said Dr. Tom Milhol-land, assistant provost and headof the Visiting Committee pro-gram.
The program tries to bring inimpressive people for everycommittee, Milholland said.
“Every now and again we geta few turndowns, but for themost part, people are excitedand willing to help,” he said.
The program has reached aplateau, and Milholland said hedoes not expect there to bemuch more growth.
“As it is now, this is a greatprogram,” he said. “I think it isa real mark of excellence for theuniversity.”
Chairs of physics, mathand computer science
receive feedback
Visiting Committees approve departments
E-mail Pond at: [email protected]
“We want each personwho represents ACU
and Leadership Campsto have a clear
understanding of theresponsibility.”
Jan Meyer, director of StudentLeadership Development
A new black hole has beendiscovered, and it has made itsappearance on campus. No oneknows the name of its creator
or where itcame from,but it appearsthat it’s here tostay. This newblack hole hasa seeminglyinnocent, andeven friendly-s o u n d i n gname, butnames can bed e c e i v i n g .The ACU
Facebook is anything but inno-cent. Soon it will engulf all ofcampus into a vacuum ofunproductivity.
For those who have not yethad the opportunity to besucked in, the ACU Facebookis a Web site that allows ACUstudents andalumni to posti n f o r m a t i o nabout them-selves, such asAIM screennames, addres-ses, majors,favorite books,movies, etc.After creating aprofile, usersthen have theopportunity toinvite theirfriends to join the ACUFacebook. If you don’t want togo through the trouble of send-ing invitations by e-mail, youcan go directly to the “people”page and browse all 1,300-pluspeople listed and simply clickon the names you want to addto your profile.
However, the people youwant to add must first confirmthat they are, in fact, yourfriends, before being listed onyour page. I suppose this pre-vents people from arbitrarilychoosing people they don’tknow as their friends.
So, basically, what all thisends up being is a nostalgic tripback to middle school for col-
lege students. We post our pic-tures (only picking ones thatmakes us look good, ofcourse), list our favorite booksand movies (but not the dorkyones we don’t want people toknow we like), and tell ourinterests and favorite quotes.After we’ve finished construct-ing the profile we want peopleto see, we wait for our friendsto accept us.
Even though on some levelsthe ACU Facebook is puttingus back through the horrors ofmiddle school, students aregravitating toward it like beesto honey.
I think the main thing aboutthe Web site that draws us allin is the procrastination possi-bilities of it. If you wanted to,you could spend hours search-ing all 1,300 students and see-ing who likes the same moviesand books as you. ACU
Facebook is onemore thing tocheck, alongwith each e-mail account,Xanga, AIMwhen you logonto your com-puter. It’s justone more wayto put off writ-ing that paperon a topic youknow nothingabout, and one
more thing to do before readingthat long chapter in that drytextbook.
I’m sure that ACU Facebookwill fade out of the forefront ofstudents’ minds within the nextweek or so, but I suppose that itcould be a nice tool in keepingin touch with people after grad-uation.
So, professors, please cut usa little slack in grading ourpapers and quizzes these nextfew weeks. Just remember, we’llbe tired of Facebook soon andreturn to our studies, at leastuntil a new black hole appears.
As I sat in the office oneday, tapping the JesusBobblehead on my desk withmy pen while I wore my
favorite “Maryis My Home-girl” T-shirt,along with myofficial Passionof the Christnail pendantnecklace, I re-ceived an e-mail notifyingme of a recentM S N B C . c o marticle about
the latest Christian merchan-dise.
Christians always have hadthe dilemma of learning howto trust in a God we cannot seeor hear. But now, thanks to acouple in South Dakota, wemight just be able to smell hisson.
“His Essence” candles werecreated by Bob and KarenTosterud and were inspired byPsalm 45:8: “All your robes arefragrant with myrrh and aloesand cassia,” apparently refer-ring to the return of Jesus. Thecandles are made using theingredients of myrrh, aloe andcassia, which form a cinnamonsmell, and “the result is a fra-grance which serves as areminder of his presence,”according the Web sitewww.hisessence.com.
The candle comes in a 14-ounce jar, burns for 80 to 100hours and can be yours for$17.95, all a product of whatthe Tosteruds call a ministry.The couple has sold more than
10,000 candles so far nation-wide.
Coming soon from thecompany is a 40-day devotion-al, written by Karen Tosterud,which will be intended for usewith the candle “to help usdeepen our faith and get toknow Jesus better.” Jewelry,hand cream, perfume and pot-pourri are on the way as well.
Other Web sites are alsoamusing, such as www.danc-ingjesus.com, which offers thepreviously mentioned JesusBobblehead as well as a Jesusaction figure, a dashboardJesus and Jesus wrappingpaper. The action figure hasmovable arms that “reachtoward the heavens and
wheels in his base for smoothgliding action.” At least theintentions of the site are madehonest with the title “OfficialJesus Merchandise (akaShameless Commerce).”Underneath the title isEcclesiastes 10:19: “Winemaketh merry: but moneyanswereth all things.”
Apparently Christians gotthe memo, along with non-Christians, who can findbelievers to exploit. Regardlessof whether it is merchandisebought in jest or a tool used asa ministry, people should becareful where they send theirmoney. The merchandising ofour savior for commercial gainis a disturbing trend.
God bless capitalism.
Congress should not be involvedIn an unprece-
dented sequence ofevents last weekend,
Congress voted 203-58 in favor of a bill to
allow a federal judge toreview a controversial caseinvolving a Florida womanwhose feeding tube wasremoved Friday, and PresidentBush signed it into law.
Terri Schiavo has been keptalive on the feeding tube for 15years, and doctors say she is in apersistent vegetative state,meaning she “cannot think,speak or respond to commandsand [is] not aware of [her] sur-roundings,” according to theNational Institutes of Health.
Her husband,Michael, andparents, Bob andMary Schindler,have been lock-ed in a bitter legal battle overwhether Terri is responsive andif she should remain on thefeeding tube. Michael Schiavocontends that Terri neverwished to be kept alive artifi-cially, and her parents disagree.
The two sides have beenthrough several courts androunds of appeals, and the statecourts have ordered Terri’s tubeto be removed twice before,only to order it be reinsertedagain after her parents filedappeals.
Now the federal governmenthas stepped into the conflict totry to save the woman, butCongress and Bush should haveabstained from getting involvedand allowed the state courts tocontinue to preside over thecase.
Not only is this a privatefamily matter that never shouldhave caught the media’s andnation’s attention like it has, butall decisions regarding the caseshould have stayed within thestate’s jurisdiction.
All three ofAbilene’s con-gressional rep-resentat ives ,Rep. Randy
Neugebauer, R-Lubbock, andSen. Kay Bailey Hutchison andSen. John Cornyn, voted infavor of the bill. By choosing toengage itself in this issue,Congress has opened the doorfor families in similar cases topetition for and expect helpfrom the federal governmentinstead of relying on the statejudicial systems.
Now Terri Schiavo has beenwithout food or water for fivedays, and she could die beforethe courts make a decision about
her fate. On Tuesday, U.S.District Judge James Whittemoredenied a request by the Schind-lers to reinsert Terri’s feedingtube, and the case went on to the11th U.S. Circuit Court ofAppeals. At press time Tuesday,no decision had been made.
Now that Congress has in-volved itself in this matter, itwill open the floodgates for oth-ers to follow suit. Instead of tak-ing it upon itself to rule on suchissues as the Schiavo case, infuture situations like this,Congress should refrain fromchoosing to pass laws on a case-by-case basis and leave the deci-sion up to the family and thestate.
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All decisions regarding the case should havestayed within the state’s jurisdiction.
The issue:Congress andPresident Bush havebecome involved in afamily battle aboutwhether to keep aliveTerri Schiavo, who hasbeen in a persistentvegetative state for 15years.Our view:Congress and Bushshould not have inter-fered with the state’sjurisdiction in the case.The solution:The decision shouldbe made by the familyand state, not thenational government.
Sarah Carlson
I am theEnemy
The merchandising of our savior for commercial gain is a disturbing trend.
Take time to stop and smell the savior
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Until March 15th, I was un-aware that ACU allowed Chapelspeakers to express socialistopinions disguised as piety. Thespeaker could’ve saved himselfand everybody else much timehad he simply said in one sen-tence what he obviously thinks:Rich people are money-hungry,selfish sinners. The speaker saidit is wrong to live in a gatedcommunity, own a new car orbuild a house. He said that ifyou own a Hummer, “you betternot go to church.” Who is he totell hard-working people whatthey should or should not buy?As Americans, we live in a capi-talist society where people havethe freedom to make money andspend it. I can’t find a passage in
the Bible that says that’s wrong.I also thought it hypocritical ofhim to address the issue of prej-udice when he is obviously prej-udiced toward wealthy people.
The speaker said never topass by a person on the streetwithout giving them money. Hesaid they were probably “rip-ping you off,” and they mightuse the money to buy drugs, butto “do it anyway.” If he wants tohelp, perhaps he should buythem a meal, tell them of Jesus’love, offer them a job, etc. Thosethings are more beneficial thanthrowing some money at them.
The speaker “cleverly” allud-ed to Luke 18, saying that hewould never say something asradical as “sell all you have, give
it to the poor,and followme.” Un-fortunately,he took thatverse out of context. Jesus toldthat to one man because theman’s wealth was too importantto him.
He said that white peopleshould apologize to black peo-ple for what their ancestors mayor may not have done. Whystop there? Perhaps heshould’ve told students ofGerman descent to find a Jewand apologize to them. Whycan’t we just be friends and stopbringing up issues that divide?
Here’s a tip for Tuesday’sspeaker: Disregard how much
or how little money peoplehave. Love people, and stopjudging them based on skincolor or social strata.
Abigail Paynejunior music major
from Abilene
YOUR VOICEYOUR VOICE
Chapel speech discriminates against rich
Chapel speech on March15 by Damon Parker
Re:
Jaci Schneider
Much AdoAboutSomething
Face it, Facebook funway to procrastinate
Respond to Schneider at: [email protected] or [email protected]
In Your Words“I think it’s fun,and I enjoy it,but I don’tunderstand whywe can’t be onthe realFacebook.”
What do youthink of the ACU
Facebook? Ife Adekokumsenior management and marketing majorfrom Katy
“ I don’t knowwhat it is.”
Roland Freelandfreshman mechanical engineering major from Tucson, Ariz.
“I think it’s reallycool, but I don’tknow what to dowith it once I addmy friends.”
Erin Wilsonsophomore English education majorfrom Austin
The ACU Facebookis anything but
innocent. Soon itwill engulf all ofcampus into a
vacuum of unproductivity.
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they’re going to have to com-pete with for jobs,” Kesslersaid.
Success at the NBS nationalconvention is encouraging toprofessors, Kessler said.
“[Success] comes from thefoundation of what we’re teach-ing, and obviously we’re teach-ing them the right thing,”Kessler said.
Reid attributes her successto “learning what the judges
have said in the past and havingthe right topic.”
Students can also attend lec-tures on topics like film, televi-sion and the Internet and theawards ceremony on the lastevening of the convention.
“This [competition] was inHollywood, so there was a bigemphasis on film,” Kessler said.The convention took place atthe Hilton Hotel across thestreet from Universal Pictures.
“They also have tours of stu-dios and tapings. You can go to
the tapings of different TV pro-grams,” Kessler said.
Kessler said he also encour-ages students to network at theconvention because many pro-fessionals who attend are will-ing to make connections withstudents.
However, Reid puts moreemphasis on creating relation-ships with college attendeesbecause she will be workingwith them in the future.
“I think the relationshipswith the students is more
important than the relation-ships with professionals,” Reidsaid.
The last event of the semes-ter for NBS is a career work-shop in Austin, where studentswill learn how to compile aresume, create a demo reel withexample work and possibly behired by professionals whocome to the workshop search-ing for talent, Kessler said.
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“We are a community-based, community-fundedorganization,” said CourtneyKennedy, the coordinator forCMN in Abilene. “So this is anamazing gesture of support forus. I’m so excited about whatCold Stone is doing here.”
Pets Enhanced TherapyServices also showed their sup-port. The organization came toCold Stone Creamery to fur-ther educate the communityand encourage more people tovolunteer, said Pat Smith, avolunteer with PETS.
Cold Stone Creamery hasplenty to offer students whodidn’t participate in the grandopening festivities, saidDeanne Schmidt, the store’sgeneral manager.
“We have great ice cream allthe time,” she said. “It’s veryunique and fun.”
Cold Stone Creamery is cre-
ative with ice cream, boastingflavors from fudge to cottoncandy, and mix-ins—toppingsthat are literally mixed in tothe ice cream while you watch.
Two of their popular com-binations are CheesecakeFantasy, which is cheesecake-flavored ice cream with bits ofgraham cracker pie crust,strawberries and blueberriesmixed in, and Oreo Overload,which has sweet-cream-fla-vored ice cream with Oreos,chocolate chips and fudgemixed throughout.
Cold Stone Creamery isopen seven days a week, from11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sundaythrough Thursday and until 11p.m. on Friday and Saturdaynights. For information aboutproducts and job opportuni-ties, visit www.coldstonecreamery.com
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Cold Stone Creamery shift leader Zach Smith, junior communica-tion major from Garland, and co-workers perform the “BananaSong” for customers Monday at the store at 4249 Southwest Drive.
residential zone to aCollege/University zone.This item was also approvedto pass by the Planning andZoning Commission for rec-ommendation to the CityCouncil.
“This CU zoning is moreappropriate given what isand will take place at theAlumni Center, and that is
why we requested it,”Watson said.
For now, the university isstill working on the PecanOrchard across from the uni-versity’s entrance, andWatson said the trees will beinstalled in the fall.
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Logan Wade performs a trick on his skateboard during a skate com-petition on Saturday at Rosebud Park.
By SHELBI WATTENSTUDENT REPORTER
It was about 5 a.m., andAdam Berres had a growlingstomach. He was preparing forhis flight at Abilene RegionalAirport and had an hour and ahalf to wait until he boarded theplane.
“I was stranded there, and allthey had was this little standwith two pots of coffee,” saidBerres, junior business market-ing major from Lakeville, Minn.“I was starving, and it was frus-trating.”
As soon as construction atAbilene Regional Airport is
completed, travelers like Berreswill finally have a place to eat.The project, called Phase III, hasbeen in progress since 2000 andwill be finished soon.
Phase III will replacemechanical systems that needrepair and create space for con-cessions and a news and giftshop.
Abilene Regional Airport hasone terminal, two airlines andten daily flights. It has 73,000passengers a year, compared tothe same number at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Air-port in one day.
Because of the smaller mar-ket, none of the flights out ofAbilene Regional Airport servesfood. Thus, concessions at theairport will benefit travelerswith tight connections who donot have time to stop some-
where for a bite to eat.“In order to develop the air
service we need, we have to pro-vide an entire package, and partof that package is to provide theamenities that travelers need,”said Dan Weber, director of avi-ation for the city of Abilene.“They need to eat on the go orbuy something, whether it be apersonal item or a new pen.”
As soon as negotiations witha third party are completed, theconstructed space will includethe concession and gift shop.The news and retail shop will bea generic gift shop with variousitems, including merchandisefrom the three universities inAbilene.
Weber said he hopes for theconcession to serve hamburgers,sandwiches and drinks, butbecause Abilene Regional is a
small market, he is not in a posi-tion to dictate to the third partyhow to operate and what toserve. However, as traffic grows,a full-service restaurant may beadded.
Phase III does not only con-sist of the terminal’s repair andadditions. The airport also isbeginning plans for a$5,000,000 project in recon-struction and a $45,000,000project for the summer that willfocus on airfield ramps.
“I think it’s part of an overallpackage and in order to be agood competitive airport, wehave to provide a better prod-uct,” Weber said, “and this ispart of that process.”
Airport to add concession, gift shopProject also to include
repair on airfield ramps at Abilene Regional
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‘I believe I can fly’
By EVAN BLACKSTUDENT REPORTER
The Christian musical duoShane & Shane will return toAbilene for the second straightyear to perform on April 7 inCullen Auditorium, and AmyStroup, formerly from Abilene,will open the concert.
The Campus ActivitiesBoard is sponsoring the con-cert, which will begin at 7p.m., and tickets are currentlybeing sold at the CampusCenter ticket windows for $10.Ticket prices are $15 at thedoor.
Billy Smith, junior financemajor from San Antonio andCAB intern, said CAB has beenplanning the concert sinceNovember, when Shane &Shane agreed to return to theuniversity.
Shane & Shane was a logi-cal choice, and the bookingprocess was not difficult, Smithsaid.
“Shane & Shane was at thetop of our list because theirbiggest fan base is college stu-dents,” he said.
The duo from Dallas—Shane Barnard and Shane
Everett—began playingtogether six years ago.
Their recently released fifthalbum, Clean, features 11 orig-inal songs and three remakes.
Amy Stroup will performsongs from her new CD, Here IAm, during the opening act.Stroup, 21, lived in Abilene asa teenager. She is not touringwith Shane & Shane and isonly opening at ACU.
Shane & Shane performedin concert last April at BeltwayPark Baptist Church withopening acts Ginny Owens andShaun Groves.
Eric Johnson, sophomorefinance major from Boerne,attended last year’s concert,and he said he is a fan of theduo.
“They do an exceptional jobat conveying a message that canreally bring you closer to Godthrough music,” Johnson said.
Cullen Auditorium willprobably provide a betteratmosphere than Beltway ParkBaptist Church because of thedifferent stage setup and fewernumbers of seats, Johnson said.
“Being there with them, youfeel like you are a part of it,”Johnson said. “I’m excited tosee what they are going tobring to the plate this year.”
Music group returnsto Abilene in AprilShane & Shane, AmyStroup to perform
in Cullen Auditorium
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Story by Lori Bredemeyer
Photography by EmilyChastain
Design by MallorySherwood
The assorted possessions in EddieMcFadden’s office recall his past and
describe the philosophy of his job. Anaged metal and glass doorknob, several oldsockets and light switches, and variousother electrical devices line his shelves.Two bright yellow hard hats inscribed with‘ACU Physical Resources’ lay on his table.The inspirational posters on his wallsencourage leadership, brilliance, attitudeand teamwork.
As manager of building maintenance forthe university’s Physical ResourcesDepartment since 2000, McFadden said hetries to use the qualities illustrated by theposters to help him be the best leader hecan be for his staff.
McFadden came to ACU after workingon construction sites for several years andat Hendrick Medical Center for five yearsas an electrician and part of the mainte-nance staff.
One thing McFadden does in the work-place to encourage brilliance is support ateaching and learning environment withinhis department. He emphasizes to theemployees that each one of them is ateacher to the students who work forthem.
“We feel like we can give students somereal-life, hands-on experience that typical-ly is not learned in the classroom,” he said.“We want them (the staff) to know thatthey’re as valuable as the faculty in that wecan teach the kids who work for us thesame as someone who has a Ph.D. over inthe buildings … and we try to provide agood, Christian environment to do thatin.”
McFadden encourages teaching inhis department, but he’s also a stu-
dent at the university. He had his associ-
ate’s degree before coming to ACU, butone of the reasons he chose to take the jobwas to finish his education. He shouldreceive his bachelor of applied sciencedegree with emphasis in communicationand management next August and thenbegin working on a master’s degree incommunication.
He said his classes in communicationand experience in his current job havechanged him and made him a better per-son.
“I’ve not always been the most patientperson, but I’ve learned that communica-tion helps dispel a lot of hard feelings,
rumors, and it keeps people informed,” hesaid. “It has made me become a bettercommunicator. Compared to a lot of peo-ple, I’m still not that good, but I’veimproved a lot in my delivery of commu-nication and being able to make sure peo-ple clearly understand what my goals orobjectives are whenever I talk to them.”
McFadden reports directly to BobNevill, director of Physical Resources, andNevill said in an e-mail that in the fewmonths he’s been director, he has seen howmuch McFadden’s role influences campus.
“Every residence hall occupant thatexperiences a problem in their room, oroffice that must be repaired or remodeled,or structural changes or repairs that are
desired or required are directly impactedby Eddie McFadden as he performs hisjob,” Nevill said.
“What Eddie does can either add to ordetract from the quality of life perceivedby students at ACU: Lights work, resi-dence halls and classrooms are functionaland comfortable, the plumbing works, andspecial events are equipped as needed,when needed.”
McFadden said through his job andeducation, he’s learned a great deal
about how to be an example while work-ing with people.
“People really watch how you respond
to whatever situation comes up,” he said,“and if you react negatively, that’s howthey’re going to wind up reacting. I try tokeep a calm composure.
“I feel like my title says manager, but Istrive to be a leader and not a manager,” hesaid. “I feel like to do that I need to be anexample, so I try to provide the example ofa good work ethic to the people that I’mwith as well.
He said to do this, he tries to get out ofhis office and do some of the work that hisstaff does. He’s done most of the jobs thatthey regularly perform, and he wants toshow them that just because he’s the man-ager, he’s not too good to do the work, too.
“When they’re in the trenches, I think it
makes them feel good to know that youdon’t feel like you’re above them andabove doing some of the things that theydo,” McFadden said.
Nevill said this type of leadership helpsMcFadden excel as manager.
“Eddie is a good man with a heart forthe work he does here at ACU,” Nevillsaid. “He is a highly skilled craftsman whohas committed himself to improving theACU campus and leading a fine group ofprofessionals as they pursue a similargoal.”
Although the university might notrun as smoothly without him,
McFadden said because of teamwork andcommunication, he’s confident his staffcould carry on without him.
“I don’t hold anything proprietary; ifanything happened to me, I want all thesepeople that I work with to never miss abeat,” he said. “I don’t feel like I hold any-thing that would hinder the furtherance ofthe university or this department. I wantthem to be self-directed, self-motivatedand self-reliant. … When I leave here, theonly impact or legacy I want to leave isthat I was a fair person, kind and caring.”
He also said because of this, he doesn’tlike to receive exclusive recognitionbecause he’s only one part of the team.
“I want to accomplish great things, butI’m not out to toot my own horn,” he said.“If there’s recognition to be given, I’drather for all these guys … to get itbecause I don’t do the work, and they’rethe ones that are making things happen,not me.
“I’m more like the conductor of anorchestra; I’m more conducting them. …They’re the ones making the music outthere.”
During the nextseveral weeks, theOptimist will fea-ture stories aboutthe daily lives ofsome of the mostactive but unseenmembers of theuniversity’s staff.
An Unsung Hero
“I’m more like the conductor of an orchestra; I’m more conducting them ...They’re the ones making the music out there.”
Eddie McFadden, manager of building maintenance for the Physical Resources Department
An old doorknob adorns a shelf in Eddie McFadden's office.
McFadden stands in front of his desk at his office located off of Ambler Road.
McFadden holds electrical fuses from the electrical room of the Physical Resources building.
Eddie McFadden: the man behind the scenes that
keeps ACU’s campus running smoothly
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 Page 9JUMPS
BRIAN SCHMIDT/Chief Photographer
Ruben Rivera, junior third baseman, fields a bouncing ground balland throws out Savage designated hitter Dustin McKay to end the topof the fourth inning during ACU’s 13-1 victory over SoutheasternOklahoma State during game one of last Saturday’s doubleheader.
Kade Simmons came in to shutthe door on the Savages for thesecond straight day.
In Friday’s first game, JustinWhitlock had a second straightstrong start before tiring in thefifth, and Simmons picked upthe win in the second game asthe Wildcats got contributionsfrom many areas. Solid pitch-ing, combined with stellardefensive plays and timely hit-ting, spurred the Wildcats tothe sweep as Bonneau said theteam benefited from a totalteam effort.
“It’s hard enough to wingames when you play togeth-er, but when you have one or
two phases of your game notworking, it’s really difficult,”Bonneau said. “We were ableto answer when the otherteam scored by putting runson the board, and we got goodpitching.”
The Wildcats will playSouthwest Oklahoma State thisweekend in Weatherford,Okla., and will look for similarresults. With that in mind,Bonneau said the same fourstarters that pitched last week-end—Ben Brockman, Whit-lock, Maynard and Moore—should all start again as theteam looks to stockpile wins.
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another Division I schoolagainst Arkansas on Feb. 13.
“I’m not questioning ourgirls’ work effort becausethey gave a great effort, butwe weren’t sharp,” Jones saidof the women’s performanceagainst Iowa. “It’s tough tospend so many days awayfrom the arena and then be
able to jump back into com-petition.”
On Saturday, ACU facedOuachita Baptist and Incar-nate Word and returned tothe win column in bothmatches improving its recordto 19-2.
“We’re pushing towardsgoing down in history as theschool’s first 30-win team,”Jones said.
After hosting regionalopponents Tarleton State andSt. Edward’s on Thursday, theteam will have a similar expe-rience to the men’s team as itwill get a chance to face someof the higher ranked women’sDivision II schools in thecountry. The Wildcats willhead to Ponoma, Calif. fromApril 1 through April 3 toparticipate in the Cal Poly-
Ponoma Invitational.“We’re going to have to
beat teams ranked three orfour spots ahead of us,” Jonessaid. “But I don’t think that isa big deal because I think weshould have been rankedthere in the first place.”
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SA do it again this year. Closewas “chosen for her inten-tionality of leadership” evi-dent in her application, saidRouse, senior communica-tion majorf r o mMidland.
Close andMoney met at7:30 a.m. toe x c h a n g es c h e d u l e sand switchplaces. Hewas dressedin jeans, while she wore abutton-down shirt, dresscapris and heels. She handedover her violet and blackbook bag, which he awk-wardly slung over his shoul-der.
Then Money headed offfor a day of classes, andClose plunged into a tightschedule filled with meet-ings.
Money said he wasn’t tooworried about being a stu-dent for a day.
“I have had 11 years ofcollege experience of takingnotes, so I think I can handlethis,” he said.
He took three pages ofnotes in his first class—envi-ronmental science with assis-tant professor EmmettMiller.
“Ask me anything abouttoxic risk assessment, and Ican tell you,” Money saidafter the class.
Next was developmental
psychology, then biologyhuman perspective with Dr.Debra Woodward, adjunctprofessor of biology. Moneyjoked that he was able to payattention in this class be-cause the lesson was on theheart, and he could relate toeverything Woodward wasexplaining. He also said hereally enjoyed Woodward’sunique approach to teaching.
Close, meanwhile, wasbusy interacting with peoplelike the university’s execu-tive vice president, the chieffinancial officer and the deanof Campus Life in an effort tounderstand all the aspects ofMoney’s job.
One of Close’s afternoonmeetings was with Dr. Mich-elle Morris, assistant vicepresident ofun ive r s i t yand alumnir e l a t i o n s .Morris' jobgoals are tofind ways todraw stu-dents intoACU, help them connectonce they’re here and stayconnected when they gradu-ate. After explaining this toClose, Morris asked foradvice on how to reach thesegoals. Close said that whatmakes the difference aboutACU is that “God is here,and I could totally feel itwhen I got here.”
When Money and Closemet at 4 p.m., they wereready to trade lives again.
Money reflected on the
day and said he was “fasci-nated by the teaching styles”he saw. He also noticed thatone-thirds of the studentshad not been taking notes.When he was in school all hedid was take notes, he said;he didn’t have alternate waysto receive information likestudents do now because ofthe Internet.
Close ended her day in adebriefing meeting with JimHolmans, executive assistantto the president, and SAPresident Layne Rouse. Sheadmitted the day had been “alittle overwhelming.”
Money has to keep upwith such a breadth of infor-mation, she said.
Holmans reassured Closeby explaining that what she
had to take in on a single day,Money has been perfectingfor years.
“You got the fire hosetoday,” he told her. "If youfeel drenched, you have goodreason to feel so.”
Although tired, Close saidshe believes the day wasinformative and beneficial.She said she learned a lotabout leadership.
“Leadership is aboutwho’s under you and whoyou influence,” she said.
Close also said she got anew perspective of Money.
“I didn’t even recognizehim today before he said 'hi'to me because he was wear-ing jeans,” she said, adding itmeans a lot to her thatMoney goes to Chapel whenhe is in town because itmeans that he believes in theinstitution he’s running.
Another of Money’s traitsthat impressed Close was hisinvolvement with students.
“I’m amazed, after I sawhis schedule, how much I seehim around campus,” shesaid.
Holmans said he agreed.Although Money is gone 50percent of the time, when heis at the university, he goesout of his way to talk to stu-
dents, Holmanssaid.
“I feel sta-ble, knowingthat every baseis covered,"Close saidabout herexperience.
In this newfound stability,Close was ready to go homeand collapse. More than ninehours had passed since shebegan her day as president,and the time had finallycome to change out of herhigh heels and slip her tiredfeet into something morecomfortable.
Switch: Freshman, president trade places
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“I have had 11 years of college experience of tak-ing notes, so I think I can handle this.”
Dr. Royce Money, president of the university
position].”Thompson will continue
hold the position of associatedean of the Graduate Schoolof Theology for at least thenext year and said he is readyto be theO n s t e a dchair.
“I’m look-ing forward tothe chair verym u c h , ”T h o m p s o nsaid. “I’mlooking for-ward to theextended research in othercountries.”
Thompson said he willwork on several researchprojects while he is chair, onebeing the continuation of hisresearch on the Epistle to theHebrews — a book he hasstudied for most of his career.He said some of his favoriteplaces to conduct research
are in libraries at Yale andPrinceton universities.Thompson also has traveledto Germany several summers,saying theUniversity ofTübingen has oneof the greatestlibraries in thatcountry. He saidhe has not decid-ed whether hewill travel over-seas for his research, and healso will work on researchingthe history of preaching,something else he has spenttime on.
In the meantime, as chair,Thompson said he will con-tinue to focus on and fine-tune the quality of educationin the College of BiblicalStudies.
Childers was approachedby a committee of all tenuredfaculty in the GraduateSchool of Theology to fill theCarmichael-Walling positionand said he is very excited to
be chair. The former chairwas Dr. Carroll Osburn,whom Childers studiedunder, and Childers said he
benefited from him while hewas chair.
“It’s exciting to be in thatsame position,” Childerssaid, “and to follow in thefootsteps of one of my teach-ers.”
Childers’ area of researchfocuses on New Testamenttextual criticism and study-ing ancient manuscripts. Healso researches early Christ-ianity and is currently work-ing on a biography of a 5thCentury missionary andtranslating Georgian texts.His research as the chair will
begin in the summer when hewill attend a North AmericanPatristic Society conferenceto present a paper of his.
“ H ew i l lb r i n gg r e a tv i s i o nand en-ergy tot h i sr o l e , ”
said Reese in an e-mail an-nouncement to employees ofthe College of BiblicalStudies.
“We are excited about thisopportunity and believe itbest serves both Jeff and theentire Graduate School ofTheology. This role will allowJeff to focus his work, both inhis coursework assignmentsin the GST and in hisresearch.”
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have to dress accordingly,”said Marvin Bien-Aime, soph-omore exercise science majorfrom Ft. Lauderdale, Fl.
“It’s taken me some time toget use to it, but I’ve finallystarted to expect the unthink-able of the weather inAbilene.”
History has proven thatweather in Abilene can beunexpected, and at times,record breaking. In 1963 dur-ing the month of March,Abilene experienced a drymonth with approximately0.03 inches of rain.
However, ten years later,Abilene saw 3.28 inches ofrain — one of Abilene’swettest months.
According to the Web sitewww.srh.noaa.gov, on April 5,1996, it snowed 9.3 inches.
This broke past records of8 inches of snow on Feb. 12,1890, and another 8 inchesfell 29 years later on Jan. 15and 16, 1919.
“It’s very hard to get snowin this region,” Decker said.“Snow is created through anequivalent of moisture andcold temperature. Duringwinter months such asDecember and January, thereis enough cold but notenough moisture, or duringthe spring, there is enoughmoisture, but not enoughcold temperature to makesnow.”
To find out more aboutweather related issues go towww.srh.noaa.gov.
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“It’s exciting to be in that ... position and to followin the footsteps of one of my teachers.”
Dr. Jeff Childers, associate professor of Bible, ministry and missions
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By KYLE ROBARTSSPORTS WRITER
Both ACU Wildcat tennisteams are ranked in the top 13in the country based upon itsrecent performances. Themen’s team is ranked No. 13in the nation with an 11-7record, while the women’steam – at 19-2 – is ranked No.12.
During spring break, themen’s team traveled toGeorgia where they had theopportunity to face threeNCAA Division II schoolsranked in the top 12 in thenation. The Wildcats enteredthe road trip ranked No. 22 inthe nation.
“Our goal was to show thatwe were in the national pic-ture,” said head coach HuttonJones.
ACU took a great steptoward that goal with the firstmatch of the road trip whenthey defeated No. 10 GeorgiaState 6-3 on March 7. Jonessaid the team remained com-petitive when it faced the No.2 Valdosta State squad thenext day, but weren’t able toclose on some matches thatwould have given them a win,and the Wildcats fell 7-2.
However, on March 9,ACU faced No. 10 ArmstrongAtlantic State and fell flat withan 8-1 loss. Artin Tafazoli—the men’s No. 1 player—wasthe only Wildcat to win amatch on the singles court.
“It was a little disappoint-ing,” Jones said. “We didn’tfinish off as well as we wouldhave liked.”
After dropping two straightgames to tough Division IIschools, the Wildcats got a
taste of Columbia Univer-sity—a Division I school—who swept ACU 9-0 on March15. However, the teamrebounded with a 5-4 winover Incarnate Word onSaturday in a match whereJones said the team overcameadversity and an ankle injuryTafazoli’s suffered to win thematch.
Tafazoli, who was leadingin his singles match, severelysprained his ankle. Jones saidthat Tafazoli’s effort to stay inthe game was amazing, but hewas unable to win the match.At the time of the injury,Casper Steenkamp was downlosing the first set to his oppo-nent 6-1. In the second setSteenkamp was down 4-1, butwhen he learned of his team-mate’s injury – Jones said itwas like a light went off inSteenkamp’s head.
Steenkamp came back towin the match, which fueledACU to a victory overIncarnate Word. Jones saidthat the match againstIncarnate Word is what theteam should expect for theremainder of the season asthey head to the conference,regional and possibly nationaltournament.
“The guys have to show upto every match expecting it tobe close, expecting a struggle,but expecting to win,” Jonessaid.
The women’s team didn’thave a match for the entirespring break, and after an 11-day layoff, the Wildcatsjumped right back into thefire with a match against theUniversity of Iowa. Jones saidthat the team was competi-tive, but their efforts came upshort, and they fell 9-0. Theloss was only the team’s sec-ond of the season with itsonly other loss coming to
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LSC SouthStandings
current through 03-21-05
BaseballTeam Div. Tot.A&M-Kingsville 0-0 17-7ACU 0-0 19-10Angelo State 0-0 12-13E. New Mexico 0-0 11-13Tarleton State 0-0 12-16West Texas A&M 0-0 8-20
SoftballTeam Div. Tot.Angelo State 7-1 25-7Texas Woman’s 5-3 17-9ACU 5-3 19-12A&M-Kingsville 3-5 22-16Tarleton State 3-5 13-17E. New Mexico 1-7 14-17
Upcoming events in Wildcat sports...
(home events in italics)
Thursday, March 24BSB: St. Edwards, 2 p.m.
Southeastern Oklahoma State, 6 p.m.
SB: Southeastern Oklahoma St., 2p.m.
MTN: St. Edward’s, 2 p.m.Southeastern Oklahoma St. 6 p.m.
WTN: Tarleton St., 2 p.m.St. Edward’s, 7 p.m.
March 25, FridayBSB: Southwestern Oklahoma St.,
1 p.m.TK: Stanford Invitational
March 26, SaturdayBSB: Southwestern Oklahoma St.,
noon. WTN: Rice University, 9 a.m.TK: Baylor/ Dr. Pepper Invitational
March 28, Monday GF: UCO/Kingbid Invitational
March 29, TuesdayGF: UCO/Kingbid Invitational
March 30, WednesdayWTN: Pepperdine University, 3
p.m.
Scores
FridayBaseball
ACU 19, Southeastern OklahomaSt. 7, ACU 8, Southeastern Oklahoma St. 7
SoftballACU 3, Texas A&M Kingsville, 0ACU 5, Texas A&M Kingsville 4
SaturdayBaseball
ACU 13, Southeastern OklahomaSt. 7ACU 9, Southeastern OklahomaSt. 5
SoftballACU 7, Texas A&M Kingsville 6Texas A&M Kingsville 5, ACU 2
BRIAN SCHMIDT/Chief Photographer
Senior second baseman Kristin Alvarado dives for a grounder that passes just beyond her glove during game two of a doubleheader on Tuesday against Incarnate Word. Lastweekend, the women won three of the four games played against Texas A&M Kingsville, improving their record to 5-3 in the LSC South Division, 19-12 overall.
BRIAN SCHMIDT/Chief Photographer
Ryan Barker, senior first baseman, slides safely into second base as Savage shortstop Seleetka James leapsfor an errant throw from catcher Cole Stokes in the bottom of the fourth inning of the Wildcats’ 9-5 vic-tory over Southeastern Oklahoma State during game two of a doubleheader on Saturday.
Softball team slashes Lady Javelinas
Cats improvenational rank
ACU sweeps Savages last weekend
By WARREN GRAYSPORTS WRITER
For the ACU baseball team,two is good but four is better.
After an extended stretch ofplaying .500 baseball, theWildcats were able to take afour-game sweep againstSoutheastern Oklahoma Stateover the weekend at CrutcherScott Field.
ACU coach Britt Bonneausaid the caliber of teams theWildcats have faced has led tomany series splits. But ACUcaught fire against a southeast-ern team that came into theseries 12-9 but left 12-13.
“Splitting with those teamsis good,” Bonneau said. “If youtake any more from them,that’s icing on the cake.”
The Wildcats began theweekend in grand fashion,with a 19-7 win over theSavages. ACU scored the first
11 runs of the game and held a16-1 lead at one point.
The Wildcats, now 19-10 onthe season, pounded hit afterhit in the game. The teamreached 17 as no ACU batterwent hitless. But the Wildcatswere also able to capitalize onthe Savages’ mistakes, includ-ing five errors, five wild pitch-es and four hit batters. Themiscues only gave the ACUhitters extra outs to play with,which didn’t bode well for theopposition on Friday.
“When you score 19 runson 17 hits, a lot of things gointo scoring those runs,”Bonneau said. “They didn’thelp themselves out by anymeans. When you’re on fire atthe plate…those passed ballsand errors didn’t help them atall.”
ACU centerfielder CodyCure had four hits in the gameand stayed hot all weekend.Cure finished the series withtwo doubles and two triples aspart of his 13 hits, good for a.650 batting average, and eightRBI. He raised his season aver-
age to .355.The second game was the
closest of the series as ACUscored all eight of its runs inthe final three innings, includ-ing one in the bottom of theeighth to win the game 8-7.Cure singled, stole second andscored when Ryan Barkerreached base on an error to sealthe win.
While Saturday’s spectatorssaw more ACU offense, as theWildcats won 13-1 and 9-5while registering 27 more hitsin the two games, Bonneausaid the pitching performanceson Saturday were whatimpressed him.
“I thought our two best per-formances (on the mound)were from Maynard andMoore,” Bonneau said. “Theygave us the sweep; those werethe big games.”
Ben Maynard gave up onerun and three hits in a com-plete-game win in the firstgame, then Brandon Moorepitched six solid innings before
By JARED FIELDSSPORTS WRITER
The Wildcat softball teamwas too much for the TAMU-Kingsville Javelinas this week-end. The Wildcat’s took threeof four games and improved to19-12 on the season, and 5-3in conference play.
Head Coach ChantielWilson was pleased with the
team’s weekend performance. “Anytime we can take three
of four games from anyone inour conference is a goodthing,” Wilson said.
The Wildcats won both ofthe games Friday. In the firstgame, Jennifer Leal pitched acomplete-game shutout, whileallowing only four hits. TheWildcat offense scored tworuns in the second inning togive the Wildcats the lead.Junior Heather Krumpols sin-gled in a run in the fifth to addan extra run on the board forthe Wildcats.
In the nightcap, AllisonCrouse threw for the victorylead by a strong offensive out-ing. Senior Katie Bryan andjunior Daisy Barcena each hadsolo homeruns in the fifth asthe Wildcats won 6-4 over theJavelinas.
On Saturday, the Wildcatshad another doubleheader.This time the teams split thetwo games. In the firstSaturday game, the Wildcatswere cruising with a 7-0 leaduntil the top of the seventh.The Javelinas put up six runsto trail by only a run.
However, the game was endedon a throw out at home platethat kept the Javelinas’ runnerfrom scoring. Kristin Alvaradohad three RBI and Katie Bryanhit a two-run homerun to leadthe Wildcat scoring attack.
The Wildcats were not asfortunate in the final game ofthe series. Offensively, theteam couldn’t get anything togo their way, and lost 5-2.Katie Bryan hit a two-runhomerun in the sixth, and theWildcats had the bases loadedwith one out later in the sameinning, but it wasn’t enough to
get the win. Wilson said the last game is
always the toughest to win.“I think that when they
scored those runs at the end ofthe third game, they got themomentum carried into thelast game,” Wilson said.
The Wildcats travel to playSoutheastern Oklahoma Statefor two games on Thursday.They then have a break beforeplaying again April 1 againstEastern New Mexico.
Wildcats win threeof four games
in weekend series
Tennis team advancesduring break, men
No. 13, women No. 12
Baseball team wins four games against SE Oklahoma State
BriefsJunior forward Hakim Rasulnamed to Daktronics secondteam, earns all region honors
Hakim Rasul has been namedto the second team on theDaktronics NCAA Division IISouth Central Region team.
Last week, Rasul was namedfirst team all-Lone StarConference South Division.Rasul is the first Wildcat to earnall-region recognition since PeterKiganya was a first team selec-tion in 1999-2000.
—ACU Sports Information
Senior hitter Cody Curereceives LSC Player of theWeek award in baseball
Senior centerfielder CodyCure, was 12 for 20 with fiveruns, eight RBI, four doubles, twotriples and four stolen bases asACU swept a four-game seriesfrom Southeastern Oklahoma.Cure was especially effective inSaturday’s doubleheader sweep,going six for nine with three runsscored, seven RBI, one double,two triples and one stolen base inthe two games. In the final gameof the series, he was three forfour with two runs scored, fourRBI, two triples and one stolenbase. He had a bases-loadedtriple in the third inning thatbroke the game open.
—www.lonestarconference.org See TENNIS Page 9See BASEBALL Page 9
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