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Section F salute:Students are attempting tobring spirit and enthusiasmback to basketball games.

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Sweet sweep:The Wildcat baseball teamwent 4-0 against Cameronlast weekend.

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Manager on a mission:Anthony Williams, manager of The CampusStore, announced Feb. 11 that he will run for re-election to Abilene’s City Council.

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By JONATHAN SMITHEDITOR IN CHIEF

Dr. Royce Money, presidentof the university, announcedSunday night that BibleLectureship will move from itstraditional February timeslot tothe third week of September in2006.

During that transition, theuniversity will conduct twoLectureships within sevenmonths of each other.

Dr. Mark Love, director ofMinistry Events, said several

factors converged that con-vinced him to make the change.

One of the chief reasons formoving Lectureship to Sep-tember, Love said, is to give itits own space on the universitycalendar instead of followingon the heels of Sing Song. Hesaid after the stress and work ofSing Song, many students donot participate in Lectureshipactivities.

“As Lectureship currentlystands, it really involves a smallpart of the ACU population,”Love said. “We feel like if we can

provide Lectureship its ownspace, we can involve more ofthe campus.”

Love said a problem he hasencountered is cynicism thatLectureship is only an event forthe Department of Bible,Missions and Ministry. Tocounter that perception, Lovesaid he would like to involvemore of the campus and usemore of the campus’ public, out-door places—something he saidhe could not always count ondoing in February. Love said heknows the weather in

September will not always beless extreme than in February,but it should be better.

He also said if weather werethe only factor in this decision,he would not have movedLectureship.

Love said movingLectureship would also helporganizers create a new imagefor the event instead of justbeing a time to listen to speakersgiving lectures.

“Lectureship right now feels

By LORI BREDEMEYERMANAGING EDITOR

When David Leeson wasyounger and developing aninterest in photography, he did-n’t know people could get paidfor doing something that heloved to do so much.

He said he once saw a pho-tographer at a graduation cere-mony, and he asked the manwhy he had so many camerasand where he had gotten them.The man explained that heworked for the AbileneReporter-News, and Leeson said

he couldn’t believe the man gotpaid for shooting pictures, andhe thought, “Dude, I’d do thatfor free.”

More than 30 years later,Leeson, who graduated in 1978with a degree in journalismand mass communication, notonly has been paid for his pho-tography and videography buthas led a career in the field thathas earned him many presti-gious awards, including aPulitzer Prize, two Robert F.Kennedy Journalism Awards,an Edward R. Murrow Awardand an Emmy Award.

The Alumni Associationhonored Leeson for his careerachievements and service to

‘Dallas Morning News’photographer namedAlumnus of the Year

Leeson honoredat alumnus lunch

By MALLORY SHERWOODFEATURES EDITOR

Songs echoed throughout Moody Coliseumon Sunday as more than 2,300 people gatheredfor the opening night of the 87th annual BibleLectureship to worship with ZOE Group andlisten to Billy Wilson, guest lecturer fromGlasgow, Scotland. Guests also heard twoimportant announcements regarding Lecture-ship and the university.

Wilson, the preacher at Castlemilk Churchof Christ in Scotland, opened his lecture, titled“He has rescued us,” by singing the first stanzaand chorus of O Holy Night.

The song should be musically to Christianswhat Acts 2:38 is to us spiritually, Wilson said.

“This song should make the hairs on theback of our neck stand up,” he said. “... Wewere lost in sin; we had a noose around ourneck and the chair kicked out beneath us, andthen a thrill of hope came, a star of light. Achild was born.”

This child became our hope even though wedidn’t deserve it, and we have hope even whenwe are too ashamed to come before him, hesaid.

“A heavenly bloodhound has sought youout; he is bent on your rescue.”

Wilson concluded his lecture by remindingthe audience again of this child born long ago.

“God tore the heavens apart to get to us,” hesaid, and the only significant thing about ourrescue is our rescuer.

“We know this,” Wilson said. “A child wasborn. The child, he saved the world. Truestory.”

Dr. Royce Money, president of the universi-ty, said Wilson’s lecture is the “most importanttrue story we’ll ever hear.”

After the lecture, Money announced thatLectureship will be moved to the third week ofSeptember beginning in 2006 because the uni-versity desires to integrate Lectureship with therest of campus and to integrate faith and learn-ing, which is at the heart of the mission ofACU.

Also, Dr. Jack Reese, dean of the College ofBiblical Studies, announced the Jo Ann WallingHalbert Institute for Missions now has theopportunity for full-time staff to serve the stu-dents and nurture an interest for missions. Heintroduced five full-time mission coordinatorsin areas of the world such as Asia, NorthAmerica and Africa.

The institute’s goal is to train and send 200men and women to plant churches in the nextfive years with four church-planting move-

By JACI SCHNEIDEROPINION EDITOR

Tuition will increase by $32per credit hour beginning nextsemester, said Phil Schubert,vice president of finance for theuniversity.

Each credit hour will cost$487 instead of the $455 stu-dents currently pay, which is anormal 7 percent increase.

For a typical student livingon campus, Schubert said theaverage cost of attendance willbe about $22,000. The costincludes housing, food andbooks.

The tuition increase will af-fect all students currently en-rolled in the university and in-coming students, Schubert said.

The Board of Trustees decid-ed on the increase this weekend

Cost per credit hourwill jump from $455

to $487 next year

Trusteesapprovetuitionincrease

By SARAH CARLSONARTS EDITOR

About $77 million in giftsand pledges have been donated

to the “Called to Faith andExcellence” Centennial Cam-paign, which is a little morethan halfway to the goal of$150 million to be raised byDec. 31, 2006, said Phil Boone,director of the CentennialCampaign.

“We’re pleased with our pro-gress, and we hope to be well

on our way by the time we kickoff the Centennial Celebra-tion,” Boone said.

Opening Day of ACU’s100th year will begin Aug. 22,the first day of classes in thefall, and Boone said he wouldlove to announce the campaignhas raised more than $100 mil-lion by that day.

Aside from the monetarygoal of $150 million, he said aparticipation goal has been setfor at least 20,400 people tocontribute to the campaign.

Boone said the differencebetween this campaign and theprevious campaign, “To Lead

School’s celebration will coincide with other

local anniversaries

University halfway to centennial goal

Change headlines opening event

BRIAN SCHMIDT/Chief Photographer

Billy Wilson, keynote speaker from Castlemilk Church of Christ in Glasgow, Scotland, speaks to more than 2,300 people at the opening session of the 87thannual Bible Lectureship in Moody Coliseum on Sunday night. His lecture, “He has rescued us,” focused on Colossians 1:1-14.

Lectureship will transition to September in 2006 Speaker calls on crowd to remember its rescue

Money


David Leeson, class of 1978 and ACU’s Outstanding Alumnus of 2004, talks with Dr. Charlie Marler, pro-fessor emeritus of journalism and mass communication, and Dr. Royce Money, president of the universi-ty, about the signed prints of his Pulitzer-Prize winning photographs he donated to ACU.See AWARD Page 4ASee BOARD Page 5A

See CAMPAIGN Page 5A

See LECTURE Page 4A

See LECTURESHIP Page 4A

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26 Saturday

Police Log

&DAY

Morris Hall tea party, 1:30-4:30 p.m.,Living Room.

Skywarn weather training, 8 a.m.-5p.m., Hilton Room.

The Mousetrap, dinner at 6:45 p.m.and performance at 8 p.m., Wil-liams Performing Arts Center.

Fair Trade meeting, 6:30 p.m., 710E.N. 13th St.

Women’s social clubs meeting, 8-10:45 p.m., Living Room.

Peer Leader interviews, 9 a.m.-3p.m., Hilton Room.

Cycling Club sign-ups, 11 a.m.-2p.m., Campus Center.

Premarital counseling, 8 a.m.-5:30p.m., Living Room.

Wildcat Kids movie, 5:30-8:30 p.m.,Hilton Room.

Student African-American Brother-hood meeting, 6-7 p.m., LivingRoom

Fellowship of Christian Athletesparty, 9-10:45 p.m., Living Room.

Service Saturday sign-ups, 11:30a.m.-1:30 p.m., Campus Center tick-et windows.

“DUI: A Powerful Lesson” Chapelforum, 7 p.m., Cullen Auditorium.

Latin America interest meeting,11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m., MabeeLibrary Auditorium

27 SundayUSA track and field re-certificationclinic, 1-5 p.m., Hilton Room.

Spring Break Campaign LeaderMeetings, 7-9 p.m., Living Room.

Monday 02/14/2005 10 a.m. Walk through of CampusCenter.6:15 p.m. Noise violation at 600E.N. 1st Street, was quite uponarrival.7:40 p.m. Report of bat in theBible Building. 8:05 p.m. Incomplete 911 atZellner, misdial. 9:01 p.m. Parking violations atTeague lot.

Tuesday 02/15/20059:10 a.m. Parking violations atUniversity Church of ChristSpecial Events Center lot. 10 a.m. Parking violations atMcKinzie lot. 7:45 p.m. Gave directions to visi-tor on Oliver Jackson Boulevard. 8:40 p.m. Assisted Abilene PoliceDepartment with traffic stop on1500 Washington Blvd.

Wednesday 02/16/2005 8 a.m. Walk through of CampusCenter.10:20 a.m. Parking violations onACU Drive. 2:20 p.m. Placed boot on vehicleon ACU Drive for multiple cita-tions and unable to identifyowner.3:18 p.m. Report of suspicioussubject at Gardner lot. ContactedWFF worker 4:20 p.m. Removed boot fromvehicle on ACU Drive. 6 p.m. Found set of keys atChambers Hall.9 p.m. Parking violations at Biblelot.

Thursday 02/17/2005 1:50 p.m. Placed boot on vehicleon West Campus South lot formultiple citations and unable toidentify owner. 5:40 p.m. Parking violations atMcKinzie lot. 6:20 p.m. Parking violations atSmith lot. 6:15 a.m.Service check of vehicle.

Friday 02/18/200512:10 a.m. Medical emergency atAdams Hall, female taken toHendrick Hospital. 1:20 a.m. Attempted to locate stu-dent at South lot. 6:15 a.m. Service check of vehicle.10:15 a.m. Parking violations atUniversity Church of Christ lot. 4:50 p.m. Suspicious person atBusiness lot, contacted subjectand asked him to leave.5:10 p.m. Contacted male subjectfrom earlier call and gave criminaltrespass warning. 5:40 p.m. Contacted male subjectat Mabee, subject was arrested forcriminal trespass and taken toTaylor County Jail. 9:30 p.m. Suspicious subject at500 College Drive, unable tolocate. 9:50 p.m. Jumpstart vehicle inBible lot.

Saturday 02/19/2005 12:30 a.m. Blocked off parkingspaces in Teague Special EventsCenter lot. 2:05 a.m. Report of fight in SmithLot. 5 a.m. Blocked of Big Purple lot 8:20 p.m. Service check of vehicle.10:35 p.m. Directed traffic atTeague Special Events Center lot. 10:40 p.m. Parking violations onACU Drive.

Sunday 02/20/20051 a.m. Set up barricades at Teaguelot.8:44 a.m. Report of missing golfcart from Teague Special EventsCenter lot. 5:15 p.m. Parking violations atTeague lot. 7:10 p.m. Service check of vehicle.8:45 p.m. Lost item turned intothe Station. 10:22 p.m. Report of missing golfcart at Teague Special EventsCenter lot. Golf cart was locatedand given back to subject respon-sible for it.

28 MondayMaking Healthy Choices Week.

Presidential Scholarship interviews,7 a.m.-4 p.m., Hilton Room.

Sundaes on Mondays, 7-10 p.m.,Hilton Room.

Presidential Scholarship interviews,7:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Living Room.

Alpha Chi induction ceremony, 5:30p.m.-9:30 p.m., Living Room.

Seek and Follow Spring BreakCampaign bake sale, 11 a.m.-3p.m., Campus Center.

Graduate School of TheologyPreview Weekend.


National Campus Ministries break-fast, 6:30-9 a.m., Living Room.

Cascade College Reception, 8-11p.m., Living Room.

Twelfth Night auditions, 7-11 p.m.,Fulks Theatre.

Herald of Truth breakfast, 6:30-9a.m., Hilton Room.

See Lectureship Schedule.

International Student’s Associationcarnival, 8-12 p.m., First BaptistChurch Family Life Center

Cycling Club sign-ups, 11 a.m.-2p.m., Campus Center.

Seek and Follow Spring BreakCampaign bake sale, 11 a.m.-3p.m., Campus Center.

Presidential Scholarship interviews,7 a.m.-4 p.m., Hilton Room.


The Mousetrap, dinner at 6:45 p.m.and performance at 8 p.m.,Williams Performing Arts Center.

Oxford interest meeting, 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m., Mabee LibraryAuditorium.

01TuesdayMaking Healthy Choices Week.

Leadership Camps staff training, 4-7p.m., Hilton Room.

Faculty Women’s Luncheon, 11a.m.-1:15 p.m., Living Room.

02 WednesdayMaking Health Choices Week.

Women’s social clubs meeting, 8-10:45 p.m., Living Room.

Graduate School of TheologyPreview Weekend.

By TIFFANY TAYLORPAGE 2 EDITOR

After almost three-and-ahalf years as an Abilene citycouncilman, Anthony Williamssaid he thinks he can be evenmore effective if elected foranother three-year term.

Williams, The CampusStore manager, announced Feb.11, he would be seeking a sec-ond full term.

Williams was elected to theCity Council in November2001 when a seat was vacated,and he was re-elected by 87percent May 2002 for a three-year term.

His experience on the CityCouncil, as well as his commu-nity service record and theCouncil’s decision to make himmayor pro tempore, are evi-dence of his hard work and

affinity for such a job, Williamssaid.

“Anthony is very easy towork with. He’s a person who Ithink really loves Abilene andwants to make a positive differ-ence for our community,” saidLaura Moore, city councilmember.

“It is very important as aChristian people that we stayengaged in this political pro-cess, so we can have our voicesheard,” Williams said.

He describes himself as afamily man, a tax-paying work-ingman and a Christian, andWilliams said he believes hisvalues match those of the peo-ple of Abilene.

“I think that if you wantsomeone to represent you, thenthey need to be like you,” hesaid, emphasizing his loyalty toGod and family.

Moore said she would de-scribe Williams as a team play-er and a conservative, alwaysthinking of the financial effectsof his actions.

Williams, who representsthe north side of Abilene, saidhe is proud of what he hasaccomplished so far.

“We have more peopleworking right now in TaylorCounty than we have everhad,” Williams said.

In addition to higher em-ployment, Williams mentioneda decrease in crime rate afterhiring 35 new police officers,which he said he has influ-enced as a representative.

Also an advocate for thepublic’s involvement in the city

government’s activities, Wil-liams had the idea to conductsome of the city council meet-ings at night, when more peo-ple can attend. He insisted this“makes the government a rich-er entity and more elastic.”

In his next term, Williamssaid he wants to help improvethe job market, creating “good-paying jobs with benefits, sowe can retain the college stu-dents.”

Tuesday, February 22, 2005 ACAMPUS NEWS

By MONICA SMITHSTAFF WRITER

The Campus ActivitiesBoard scheduled two concertsthis semester. T.J. McCloudwill be in the Bean Sprout atthe end of this week, Shane &Shane will perform in April.

This week’s concert is at 8

p.m. Friday in the Bean Sproutand admission is free.

McCloud, an ACU alumnusand former lead singer andsongwriter for band StephenSpeaks, has developed a solocareer, according to his Website, www.tjmccloud.com. Heperforms across the country,and his song “Miles BetweenUs” was used in the motionpicture Decoys. Despite hissuccess, McCloud neverexpected to have a singingcareer.

“God gave us talents,” Mc-Cloud said. “It’s really beengreat. I hope that part of what Ido is ministry, and I pray Godcontinues to use me whether inmusic or not.”

Billy Smith, member of CABand junior marketing majorfrom San Antonio said, “T.J.McCloud has been wanting toplay at ACU for a while, so weworked it all out.”

Fans of Stephen Speaks canexpect McCloud to sing someof his songs from the band in

addition to songs from his newCD, Kind of Life.

“If you liked StephenSpeaks, you’ll like this album,”McCloud said. The CD can befound on his Web site and inThe Campus Store.

Opening for McCloud isPoor Rich Folk, a band of ACUalumni and Randy Fuller, acurrent ACU student who willgraduate in December 2005.The three-and-a-half-year-oldband has played at ACU thepast two semesters and will

return again, said LukeBrawner, a member of PoorRich Folk.

Shane & Shane will returnto Abilene and play on cam-pus. Last semester, the bandhad a concert at a local church,which brought people from asfar as Brownwood to Abilenefor the show.

On April 7 at 7 p.m., Shane& Shane will perform inCullen Auditorium.

Ryan Bowles, junior sociol-ogy major from North Rich-

land Hills, attended last semes-ter’s concert and is planning toattend the one at ACU . He saidhe is impressed with the band’slyrics.

“I’ll be there. I’ll be on thefront row,” Boles said. “Thestuff they write is how I feel.The way they portray Jesus ishow I need to see him.”

E-mail Smith at: [email protected]

Anthony Williams announces plans

for re-election in spring

E-mail Taylor at: [email protected]

Campus Store manager seeks term on City Council

CAB scheduled concerts for this

week and in April

T.J. McCloud, Poor Rich Folk to perform on campus Thursday

Getting down to the beat


Members of Zambian Vocal Collection perform in Moody Coliseumbefore the opening ceremony of Lectureship on Sunday.

A Tuesday, February 22, 2005FROM THE FRONT PAGE

the university on Sunday byhonoring him as OutstandingAlumnus of the Year at a lunch-eon at the Civic Center.

Leeson has worked as a sen-ior staff photographer at theDallas Morning News since1984 after working at theAbilene Reporter-News and TheTimes-Picayune/The States-Itemin New Orleans. He won thePulitzer last April with MorningNews photographer CherylDiaz Meyer for his coverage ofthe war in Iraq, where he wasan embedded journalist.

He said winning the alum-nus award means just as muchto him as the Pulitzer.

“It really means a great dealto me,” he said. “I thought,how is it possible an alumniaward like this would mean somuch and in fact surpass in somany ways even a PulitzerPrize—[it’s] simply becausethese are people who presum-ably knew me back then andshould know better.”

Ron Hadfield, editor of ACUToday and longtime friend ofLeeson’s, spoke at the luncheonand said Leeson is lucky tohave found his calling early inlife.

“One of the greatest discov-

eries you can make is the real-ization that God gives each ofus gifts; I believe David has rec-ognized his most useful one,”Hadfield said. “We all shouldbe so fortunate to find ourunique gifts while we still havetime and energy and motiva-tion to use them to help oth-ers.”

Hadfield hires Leeson occa-sionally as a freelance photog-rapher for ACU Today, and hesaid Leeson sees the world dif-ferently than others do.

“He simply sees things oth-ers do not see,” Hadfield said.“His photographs often catchthe crux of the moment, theheart of the story and the soulof the person.”

One of Leeson’s former pro-fessors, Dr. Charlie Marler, pro-fessor emeritus of journalismand mass communication, saidalthough Leeson wasn’t eagerabout school while he wasenrolled, he has helped thedepartment and the universityfor several years by teaching asan adjunct professor and serv-ing on the Visiting Committee.He also was one of the firstrecipients of the department’shighest alumnus honor, theGutenberg Award.

“David is a significant rea-son why the department and

ACU continue to grow instature,” Marler said.

Gerald Ewing, who workedwith Leeson at the Reporter-News in the late ’70s and early’80s, spoke of how he andLeeson created contests all thetime while they were workingto see who could get the bestphoto. He said Leeson’s com-petitiveness has worked to hisadvantage.

“He’s at the top of his careernow—the very pinnacle of suc-cess as a photojournalist,”Ewing said. “It came with hardwork and a burning love forphotojournalism … and really,in my opinion, I think David’scareer may be just beginning.”

After receiving his award,Leeson announced he is donat-ing 20 signed prints from hisPulitzer Prize-winning portfo-lio to the university.

“I am very proud to be analumnus of Abilene ChristianUniversity; I’ve said it proudlyfor many years throughout mycareer,” Leeson said. “I’m alsovery, very proud of being anAbilenian. I’ve always said I’mjust on one long assignmentaway from home.”

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ments on each of the conti-nents, Reese said.

“We ask that you will help,pray and support these peoplethat will raise up men andwomen to share the Gospelthroughout the world,” Reesesaid.

Gerald and LoweAnn Elliot,guests from Winnsboro, droveto Abilene to attend Lecture-ship, as they have for manyyears. Gerald Elliot said Wilsonmade a positive presentation,and the couple is looking for-ward to the rest of the week.

Ryan Bowman, senior com-

munication major from Orlan-do, Fla., also attended the lec-ture on Sunday.

“Wilson was a great speakerand a great guy,” he said. “Icame because I like a littlediversity, and even though I amAfrican-American, I think wecan all share something togeth-er through the word of God, nomatter what race or color youare.”

“We are gathered here to cel-ebrate that Christ is alive hereand leading His church,” Mo-ney concluded.

“Billy Wilson helped tobegin this rich week of mes-sages that will remind us thatwe are people of the resurrec-tion.”

Lecture: Gathering a celebrationContinued from Page 1A

E-mail Sherwood at: [email protected]

like a talking-head event,” Lovesaid. “We want it to be colorful,multifaceted and participatory.A move allows us to put a newstamp on Lectureship.”

Another facet leading to thechange was that several otheruniversities conduct similarprograms to Lectureship in thespring. Pepperdine University’sBible Lectures occurs the firstweek in May. This year, Okla-homa Christian University’sLectureship was Jan. 30through Feb. 2.

Love said he felt many peo-ple were in a position wherethey had to choose betweenACU’s February Lectureshipand one of the other events. He

said a September Lectureshipwould conflict with fewerevents.

Although a September Lec-tureship might conflict withfewer non-ACU events, thechange would put the event justone month before Homecom-ing.

Love acknowledged that thechange would create an initialhardship for offices like Crea-tive Services and UniversityEvents, which do work organiz-ing both Homecoming and Lec-tureship.

Dr. Michelle Morris, assis-tant vice president for Uni-versity and Alumni Relationswho also oversees Creative Ser-vices and University Events,said the change will be difficult,

especially in 2006.“The work for the fall Lec-

tureship will back up into ourcentennial year,” Morris said.“That could cause some prob-lems. From 2007 forward, itshould become much easier towork Lectureship into our nor-mal schedule.

“It will make early fall prettybusy,” Morris said, “but if thismove is in the best interest ofthe university and our Lec-tureship guests, our team willgive their support to it.”

Love said to simplify mattersfor these offices, any event notdirectly tied to Lectureship willnot be moved to September.Morris said leaving theseevents—such as board meet-ings, President’s Circle Dinner

and the Outstanding Alumnusof the Year luncheon—willmake the fall easier.

Love said he also conductedresearch to make sure movingLectureship would not hurt at-tendance at Homecoming andSing Song.

Love said he surveyed twogroups. The first groups—olderpreachers who attend Lecture-ship—for the most part did notattend other major ACU events.Out of the second group—younger preachers who attendLectureship—only a few regu-larly attended Homecoming orSing Song.

Although he said he will notknow until it happens, Love saidmoving Lectureship should nothurt attendance of other events.

Love said he also checkedwith the city of Abilene to makesure a fall Lectureship wouldnot interfere with events for thecity.

Nanci Liles, executive direc-tor of the Abilene Conventionand Visitors Bureau, saidalthough February was a goodtime for Lectureship, the newdate should work. AlthoughSeptember is a busy month forthe city with events like the BigCountry Air Show and Bookand Author Festival, the newLectureship date will not neces-sarily conflict with those events.

After Money announced thechange Sunday night, Love saidhe was prepared to answerquestions from people whowere uncertain about the

change. He planned a question-and-answer session Mondayevening in Teague SpecialEvents Center, but only twopeople posed questions or con-cerns, and a few others stoppedby to listen. Love said he tookthat to mean that the change isnot a big concern for thoseattending Lectureship this year.

With time, Love said hethinks other concerns will alsobe alleviated.

“We think three years fromnow once we’ve ironed out allthe rough parts and gotteneveryone used to the new time,”Love said, “we’ll really be at agood place.”

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“We are gathered here to celebrate that Christ is alive here and leading his church.”

Dr. Royce Money, president of the university

Tuesday, February 22, 2005 AFROM THE FRONT PAGE

at the annual board meeting.The board also approved an an-nual budget of just more than$80 million, Schubert said. Thebudget for this year was about$77 million,Schubert said.The increase ismostly fromthe raise in tui-tion.

S c h u b e r tsaid three fac-tors determinethe budget.First, the board wants to ensurethat it provides competitivesalaries for the faculty and staff.

“Second,” Schubert said, “wewant to ensure our studentsreceive a state-of-the-art class-room and learning experience.”

This includes new technolo-gy and resources for classrooms.

Third, the board wants to

provide adequate funding forthe general costs of the universi-ty, like raises in health insurancecosts, for example.

“Thirty cents of every dollarof tuition increase goes back tostudents in scholarships,” Schu-bert said. Students receivescholarships based on studentneed, excellence in academicsand talent in other areas, such asathletics and music.

“ACU is in the least expen-sive 25 percent of private insti-tutions,” Schubert said. “Thecost of education is high nomatter where you go.”

Schubert said the university’sbudget woes of the past fewyears have significantly im-proved.

“We don’t expect any fi-nancial hurdles in the future,”he said. “But that doesn’t meanwe can always have what wewant.”

The tuition increase and

budget decision were the mainresults from this weekend’sboard meeting, said Dr. GastonWelborn, vice president andgeneral counsel. Other businessincluded the unanimous re-elec-tion of Dr. Royce Money as pres-ident of the university and theelection of five new board mem-bers.

The board also appointedtwo members to committeechairs, which means they will beon the executive board.

Dr. Eddie Sharp, minister ofUniversity Church of Christ andadjunct faculty of Bible, mis-sions and ministry, is now thechair of the Committee onCampus Life, and MelindaWorley of Austin is now thechair of the Committee on Aca-demic Affairs.

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E-mail Schneider at: [email protected]

Schubert

and to Serve,” in the amount ofdonations has stemmed fromthe effects from the events onSept. 11, 2001, the strugglingstock marketand the war inIraq.

“They havecaused peopleto be hesitantand uncertainabout the fu-ture,” he said.“However, wehave seen a de-finite improvement in people’soutlook this fall and thisspring.”

At last year’s Bible Lec-tureship when the CentennialCampaign was officially an-nounced, about $56 millionhad been raised in about threeyears, compared to about $21million raised this past yearalone.

“We feel very optimisticabout God’s blessings to help usmeet this $150 million goal,”Boone said.

Dr. Michelle Morris, Cen-

tennial Celebration directorand assistant vice president foruniversity and alumni rela-tions, said in an e-mail thatplanning for the CentennialCelebration is going well, andmany projects are making greatprogress.

Before the first day of class-es, the university communitywill have the opportunity tocome together Aug. 21 for aCovenant Serve, a time of faithrenewal and commitment forfaculty, staff, students andboard members, Morris said.

She said academic confer-ences for the centennial yearhave been set, and most of thespeakers have been confirmed.This week, she said, she andothers are meeting with repre-sentatives from various entitiesacross the city because theyhave anniversaries that coin-cide with ACU’s. For example,Dyess Air Force Base will cele-brate 50 years, The HistoricParamount Theatre 75 yearsand the city of Abilene 125years.

“We have to develop greatsynergy among these organiza-

tions in the coming year,”Morris said.

Many areas around campusare working on restoration andmemorabilia projects for thecentennial. Becky Estrella, cen-tennial coordinator, is planningfor a number of exhibits acrosscampus and is already begin-ning to build them, Morris said,adding she wants to encouragepeople to continue to donateitems of significance in ACU’shistory.

Items of memorabilia thatwill be available during thecentennial year include variousitems featuring the centenniallogo to be sold online and inThe Campus Store. The ACUCentury, a book with photosand essays about ACU, also willbe available.

“In addition,” Morris said,“Dr. John C. Stevens has helpedproduce a perpetual calendarwith highlights about ACU onevery date of the year. I predictthat these keepsake items willsell out fast!”

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Morris

Imagine this: A studentand faculty adviser in thePsychology Departmenthave been thinking together

about them i n d - b o d yproblem andhow certainunderstand-ings havei n f l u e n c e dthe way wethink aboutworship andspir i tual i tyand evangel-ism. Theyhave brought

Bible Department facultyand church leaders intotheir research, and a heartydialogue has ensued. AtBible Lectureship, churchleaders from around thecountry have a chance tolook over their shouldersand benefit from their re-search. More than that, psy-chology and Bible facultyhave anticipated this classand are re-quiring theirstudents toattend.

I m a g i n ethis: An an-nounced fu-ture Lecture-ship theme isfrom thebook of Exo-dus, whichbrings specialemphasis onl i be r a t i on ,justice andholiness. Students and facul-ty submit proposals for proj-ects to support the theme.Films are commissioned.Original hymns or chorusesare composed. The Shore ArtGallery features paintingsand sculptures depictingExodus themes. Thoseinvolved in business tradetalk about themes of eco-nomic justice. WhenLectureship arrives, originalmusic is being played on thelawn between Brown Libraryand the Campus Center orin one of the newly land-scaped areas between theMabee Business Buildingand the WilliamsPerforming Arts Center.Student films are beingshown at the BeauchampAmphitheater or on the out-side wall of the WPAC. Theporticoes framing theOnstead-Packer BiblicalStudies Building are the set-ting for a variety of worshipexperiences or exercises incontemplative spirituality.The possibilities are nearlyendless.

Imagine this: Lectureshipguests, instead of drivingacross town to eat a rushedmeal at Johnny Carino’s orAbuelo’s, can share barbecueon the lawn with their chil-dren who attend ACU andtheir friends whom theyhaven’t seen for years. The

grill set up between theBiblical Studies Building andthe Mabee Business Buildingcan provide hamburgers orfajitas for friends in ministrywho haven’t been able toshare what is going on intheir lives for years.

Sunday evening, Dr.Money, president of the uni-versity, announced a datechange for Lectureship. In-stead of the current Feb-ruary date, beginning inSeptember of 2006, Lecture-ship will move to the thirdSunday in September.

This is a significantchange for both Lectureshipand the life of the university.While the reasons for thechange are numerous, twostand out. Currently, givenits connection to Sing Song,President’s Circle dinner andthe various board meetingsthat happen during thistime, it is difficult for stu-dents, faculty and staff to bedeeply involved in Lec-

tureship. Byfinding itsown placeon the uni-versity cal-endar, it isour hopet h a tLectureshipcan be abigger partof the aca-demic lifeof the entireuniversity.We con-

stantly stress the need forthe integration of faith andlearning. Lectureship allowsus a great opportunity todisplay that—not only forthose in the BibleDepartment, but for stu-dents and faculty across thecampus who are interestedin such integration.

The second reason for thechange is that in a campusfull of active students, it isdifficult to create the publicplaces necessary for creatingcommunity for our Lec-tureship guests. A move toSeptember, and the prospectof warmer weather, opensup so many venues acrossour attractive campus.

I hope the announcementof a Lectureship date changewill sound two prominentcommitments: First, wehope to make Lectureship amore integrated part of thelife of the university, invit-ing greater participation offaculty and students. Sec-ond, we hope this signalsour desire for Lectureship tobe a greater place of wel-come and community forour Lectureship guests.

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THE

Forums take good steps toward unityThis year, Bible

Lectureship has in-cluded two forums

that address difficulttopics among Churches

of Christ.“Continuing Conversa-

tions with the InternationalChurches of Christ” will lookback at progress made betweenmainline Churches of Christ andthe ICOC since last year’s forumat Lectureship.

“Living Beyond Racial andEthnic Distinction” will addressthe successes and failures in mul-tiracial congregations.

The Optimist commends Dr.

Mark Love, dir-ector of Min-istry Events,and Lectureshipplanners for in-cluding the forums. The forumscould easily have been left out,and the issues glossed over, butinstead they have been put in theforefront.

The “Racial and Ethnic Dis-tinctions” forum will focus on“moving from rhetoric to action,”according to the description inthe Lectureship program. This isan important step in addressingthe issues regarding integration.The issue is brought up often in

Chapel and in other forums;however, little ever seems to bedone. The Optimist hopes thatthis forum will spur Lectureshipattendees to action and give themdirection for integration in thefuture.

The ICOC is also an impor-tant topic for Church of Christleaders to discuss. According toan article in the Feb. 22, 2004, is-sue of the Optimist, “ICOC forumrelocated as interest grows,”

many mainlineChurch ofChrist ministerslabeled the

ICOC as a cultbecause of its aggressive recruit-ment and pyramid structure ofmentoring within congregations.

Love said Dr. Royce Money,president of the university, madea historic apology to ICOC fiveyears ago, and some individualICOC congregations have madeapologies for past actions.

Members of both fellowshipshave taken steps toward reconcil-iation, and continuing the con-versation is important.

Both of these issues are a partof an even larger issue amongchurches: unity. Without unity,churches become ineffective intheir purpose of edifying andbringing together Christians.One of the main purposes of Lec-tureship is to “dialogue for thesake of unity,” according to theLectureship program. The Op-timist hopes these two forumswill move Church of Christmembers toward meeting thosegoals. In order for that to happen,those attending the forums needto discuss the issues with an openmind and listen to what othershave to say.

In My Words Daniel Barcroft

Both of these issues are part of an even larger issue among churches: unity.

The issue:Two forums address-ing InternationalChurches of Christand multiracial con-gregations are partof Lectureship.Our view:The forums takesteps toward ad-dressing difficultissues that need tobe discussed inchurches.The solution:People should attendthe forums and dis-cuss the topics withan open mind.

Springing or falling into Lectureship

Chief PhotographerBrian Schmidt

Whenever change is men-tioned, people’s ears perk upand their muscles tense in pre-

paration tojump up andresist.

Natural ly,people wouldbe concernedwhen change ismentioned foran 87-year tra-dition in theChurches ofChrist.

But as stu-dents and

guests discuss Sunday night’sannouncement to move BibleLectureship from February toSeptember, they should consid-er the advantages the changewill bring to the event and theuniversity.

As it stands now, Lecture-ship comes on the heels of SingSong, a time when many stu-dents only care about the nexttime they will see their beds.This, in no way, inspires stu-dent involvement.

Lectureship should not beabout several thousand visitorstaking over campus while anuninterested student popula-tion watches from the sidelines.It should be about several thou-sand Christians coming togeth-er in community with the sev-eral thousand Christians al-ready living on campus.

A move to September—atime when students are not yetworn down by activities andthe school year—couldencourage more students to beinvolved.

Lectureship has had thesame feel to it for a long time.Dr. Mark Love, director of

Ministry Events, even admittedit feels mostly like a “talking-head event” right now. He saidhe would like to see it becomemore participatory.

A change in the date shouldhelp signal a change withinLectureship itself, and it willallow Love and the organizersto put a new stamp on the eventshould they choose.

Transitioning to the newLectureship date will not beeasy for any staff that helpsorganize the event.

Love and his staff will havethe difficult task of planningtwo Lectureships within sevenmonths during the first year.The offices of University Eventsand Creative Services will haveLectureship, then turn around amonth later with Homecoming.

Next year won’t be easy.People still might struggle totransition in 2007. But give itthree years, and Lectureshipwill be entrenched in its newtime, and all involved will hard-ly recall what it was like to doanything different.

Love said he has dreamsabout Lectureship—aboutwhat it can become. Ifachieved, those dreams will begood for Lectureship and howit operates with the university.The move to September willhelp facilitate that change.

JonathanSmith

Ask theQuestion

Give it three years,and Lectureship

will be entrenchedin its new time

By finding its ownplace on the universi-ty calendar, it is our

hope that Lectureshipcan be a bigger part

of the academic life ofthe entire university.

Respond to Smith at: [email protected] or [email protected]

New schedule benefits allBible Lectureship: three days

with no Chapel, no Bible classesand no parking. At least this is

how many stu-dents see it.

Campus lea-ders have theirreasons for themoving Lec-tureship fromFebruary toSeptember, butfew will benefitstudents.

Here aresome of the rea-

sons why Lectureship shouldnot be moved:

1. The weather.The average high in Sept-

ember in Abilene is 87 degreeswith a low of 65 degrees, com-pared to 60 and 36 in February.In September 2004, the temper-ature was 90 degrees or higherseven times. In 2003, it passed90 five times,12 times in 2002,eight in 2001 and 21 times in2000. On eight days in 2000,the temperature was 100 de-grees or higher.

In February 2003 and 2004,however, the temperature onlydipped below 45 degrees fivetimes each, three times each in2001 and 2002, and never in2000. Although the past twoLectureships, 2003 and 2004,saw ice and snow, the shortsleeves and sandals I’m wearingindicate this is the exceptioninstead of the rule.

Abilene in September is notconducive to sitting around out-side and enjoying the heatwaves. And, if the heat does notinduce a stroke in some visitor,the short shorts, skirts and tanktops some women wear to beatthe heat, despite dress codes to

the contrary, surely will.2. Class goes on.Unless Dr. Mark Love, direc-

tor of Ministry Events, will beable to cancel all classes duringLectureship, students will notbe able to participate as hehopes. Our lives are alreadyconsumed with classes, extracurricular activities and friends.As of now, if we are excusedfrom Chapel or a Bible class,we’ll take it gratefully, go homeand sleep.

3. Life goes on. A September Lectureship

will fall right in the middle ofpledging, which means studentswho are involved in Sing Songand too tired to care about Lec-tureship in February will beinvolved in pledging and tootired to care about Lectureshipin September. Then there’sHomecoming, just one monthlater—pledges building paradefloats, club members planningclub breakfasts and teas, theHomecoming Steering Com-mittee preparing for dozens ofevents.

Regardless of whether itmoves or not, Lectureship re-mains a time when students feeltheir campus is invaded for anevent that doesn’t apply tothem. If this is to be remedied,more needs to be done and con-sidered than simply moving thedate.

Sarah Carlson

I am theEnemy

Leaders have reasonsfor the change—fewwill benefit students

Respond to Carlson at: [email protected] or [email protected]

Fall Lectureship bad idea

Dr. Mark Love

GuestColumn

Students can beinvolved in future

Dr. Mark Love is the director ofMinistry Events, which includes BibleLectureship, and he is assistant pro-fessor of ministry in the GraduateSchool of Theology. He can be reachedby e-mail at [email protected]

Tuesday, February 22, 2005 ACAMPUS NEWS

By EVAN BLACKSTUDENT REPORTER

Students can sign up thisweek for Service Saturday, avolunteer opportunity forstudents to serve in Abilene,from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.Tuesday through Friday at theCampus Center ticket win-dows.

More than 100 students

participated in recent ServiceSaturdays on Sept. 18 andOct. 16, proving the successof the volunteer event, saidErin Martin, junior youth andfamily ministry major fromHouston and chair of theService Saturday committee.

The sites for this weekend’sService Saturday include TheHouse That Kerry Built, anonprofit organization thatcares for the needs of medical-ly fragile children; WindcrestAlzheimer’s Care Center, atreatment center for patientswith Alzheimer’s disease;

Spring Season Nursing Home,which asks volunteers to helpwith games; and HealingHands International, a non-profit organization that sendsmedical supplies throughoutthe world.

“We talk to the varioussites and see how many peo-ple they can accommodate,”

Martin said. “We try to get asmany people involved as pos-sible.

“Service is really impor-tant,” She said. “It lets thepeople of Abilene know howmuch ACU students care.”

Service Saturday is sponsoredby the Service Action Leader-ship Team, which plans most of

the ACU service projects.The event is a fun way to

help the community, saidLyndi Roden, sophomorespeech pathology major fromCleburne and previous partic-ipant in Service Saturday.

“The group I was with wasvery diverse, and the peoplewe worked with were recep-tive and friendly,” Roden said.

Volunteer tasks can rangefrom day care to picking uptrash, Martin said. Roden pickedup trash along North TreadawayBoulevard when she was involv-ed in Service Saturday.

“Picking up trash becamekind of fun as the morningwent on,” Roden said. “Wewould shout to each other,‘What did you find?’”

Another Service Saturdaywill be March 19. ACU forAbilene, an annual citywideservice day, is scheduled forApril 16 and is sponsored bySALT and the Volunteer andService-Learning Center.

Students to have opportunity to serve this weekendVolunteers can helpchildren, elderly, medical missions

E-mail Black at: [email protected]

By SHAVONNE HERNDONSTUDENT REPORTER

Organizers will sell comput-ers and other donated electron-ics to collect funds for theComputer Replacement Pro-gram, which will use themoney to purchase new com-puters for the university.

Since June, more than 450electrical machines have beenreplaced on campus.

The university auctionscomputer equipment about

four times a year, but the pastyear was the first time the auc-tion took place on campus.Two auctions will take placethis March.

Rob Schryer, hardware ana-lyst, said he believes the auc-tions serve an important pur-pose on campus, which is whyhe dedicates Saturdays for theauction without pay.

“I just feel that the auctionis important to maximizeACU's return, and it is the bestway to allow everyone to bene-fit from the used computers,”Schyer said.

The funds from the merchan-dise will help keep technologycurrent for faculty and staff.

The Computer Replace-ment Program receives dona-tions as well, but generallymoney is made by auctioningold computer equipment.

“Part of our goal is to sellold computers while they arestill useful,” Schryer said.“Keeping computers in serviceuntil they are extremely oldincreases maintenance costs,decreases employees’ effective-ness, and the computers have

no resale value. In that case,the computers are a liabilityrather than an asset.”

The computers have anACU network card, and auc-tioning begins at a reasonableprice, he said. A wide variety ofcomputers will be offered fromfast to slow, new to old and atprices that fit most students’budgets.

Prices for full working com-puter systems range from $25

to $500, depending on differ-ent factors.

Schryer said students, facul-ty and staff buy computers fortheir own personal use. Somestudents even buy machines toresell them. People outside theACU community also visit theauction to buy computers forbusinesses, churches, charitiesand personal use.

“Auctions are the best wayto sell the many computersthat we generate,” Schryersaid. “We do not have the timefor individual sales in a store-like environment.”

“It allows the fairest distri-bution of the machines whilemaking a fair return of funds to

the CRP program,” he said.“These auctions allow anyoneto bid on and purchase amachine without favoritism.

“I've found that the peoplewho attend the auction have agood time. The bidding is openand is fun to hear and watch.”

The computer auction willbe at 1 p.m. March 5 in theHilton Room of the CampusCenter. Students, faculty andstaff members can donate lap-tops or computers by contact-ing Rob Schryer at Ext. 2881 [email protected].

School to auction computers to raise funds for new onesEvent planned

for 1 p.m. March 5 in Campus Center

E-mail Herndon at: [email protected]

“The auction ... is the best way to allow everyone tobenefit from the used computers.”

Rob Schryer, hardware analyst

“Picking up trash became kind of fun ... We wouldshout to each other, ‘What did you find?’”

Lyndi Roden, sophomore speech pathology major from Cleburne

A Tuesday, February 22, 2005CAMPUS NEWS

By TIFFANY WILLIAMSCOPY EDITOR

North America is a missionfield that is often overlooked.But Dr. Kent Smith, missionscoordinator in the Bible, Mis-sions and Ministry Department,plans to change that.

The pur-pose of thenew program,M i s s i o n a r yResidence forNorth Amer-ica, is to trainfive graduatestudents andtheir spousesto be mission-aries in the United States andCanada.

“North America is now thefourth most unreached nationin the world,” Smith said. “Weare living in one of the greatestmission fields in the planet.

“Americans are on a spiritu-al quest, but they don’t realizethat Jesus is the answer to thatquest. We need churches toreach pockets of people whoaren’t even clear who Jesus is.”

Smith said the graduate stu-

dents are planning to buildchurches in the major cities ofNorth America, like Boston,Los Angeles or Chicago. Thestudents train by beginninghome churches in Abilene.

“Much like a medical resi-dency prepares doctors who aretraining for full-time medicalwork, our initiative trains peo-ple who would like to plantchurches in our continent,”Smith said.

Because this is the program’spilot year, Smith said heexpects a larger response nextsemester. The students willspend this semester learningabout the mission lifestyle, andthey will form their missionteam, consider their destinationand develop a support basebefore leaving ACU with agraduate degree in hand.

Dwayne Mackey, who isassisting Smith in the program,said he has spent time travelingin Europe, and he doesn’t wantto see North America becomeas spiritually depraved as Euro-pean countries.

“The program has given me

great insight about why weshould look at North Americaas a mission field,” he said.“England and Germany used tobe the cradle of Christianity,but now those nations are deadspiritually. Those of us in NorthAmerica don’t realize that weare going in the same direc-tion.”

Mackey said he mostly han-dles administrative roles in theprogram, but he is also takingclasses with the graduate stu-dents. He said 95 percent ofNorth Americans believe inGod, but less than half of themgo to church, which is whyMackey believes “North Amer-ica is one of the richest missionfields in the world today.”

“We spend millions of dol-lars to send people overseas,”Mackey said. “If we would justbegin house planting move-ments in metropolitan cities,we could make a great impacton people by reaching acrossour own country.”

Graduate programtrains students, spouses

to plant churches

Missions moves to North America

E-mail Williams at: [email protected]

“Americans are on a spiritual quest, but they don’trealize that Jesus is the answer to that quest.”

Dr. Kent Smith, missions coordinator in the Bible, Missions and Ministry Department

By EMERALD MCGOWANSTUDENT REPORTER

“Making Healthy ChoicesWeek: Committed to a Safeand Healthy Spring Break”will begin Thursday and lastthrough March 2, according tothe University CounselingCenter.

The week will commencewith a Thursday night Chapelforum featuring guest speakerMark Sterner, who will discussthe choices he and three of hisfriends made during springbreak in 1994. The forum issponsored by the CampusActivities Board and the PeerHealth Education programand will be from 7 to 8:30p.m. in Cullen Auditorium.

Events for the week willcontinue Monday with specialChapel topics, outdoor activi-ties and a variety of booths setup in the Campus Center.

Monday’s Chapel speakerwill be Bob Marcho, adjunctprofessor of the Department ofBible, Missions and Ministry,and Tuesday’s Chapel speakerwill be Sally Gary, assistantprofessor of communication

The supporting verse forthe week is 1 Corinthians6:12; “All things are lawful forme, but not all things are prof-itable. All things are lawful forme, but I will not be masteredby anything.”

On Tuesday, weather per-mitting, activities such as analcohol-impaired drivingdemonstration and a basket-ball game will be conducted inthe mall area, near theCampus Center.

On March 2, representa-tives from Crime Victim CrisisCenter, Abilene Area Councilon Alcohol and Drugs, theSleep Clinic and the WestCentral Texas Auto Theft TaskForce plan to set up booths inthe Campus Center.

Peer Health Educators alsowill pass out Life SaversCandy on Monday andWednesday with positive rein-

forcement messages about theweek, said Heidi Morris,director of Peer HealthEducation.

New this year to MakingHealthy Choices Week will bea banner, displayed Thursdaythrough Wednesday in theCampus Center, featuring thestatement “Committed to aSafe and Healthy SpringBreak” for students to sign ifthey can make that commit-ment.

“We want to send the mes-sage to students that there arelots of their peers who want toplay it safe over spring break,”Morris said.

“Our basic goal is to helpinform the ACU community,particularly the student popu-lation, about health, wellnessand safety issues in order tomake healthy and Godlylifestyle decisions,” said KurtBoyland, counselor at theUniversity Counseling Center“These issues seem to be mag-nified during spring break.”


Taylor Black, senior education major from Boerne; Katherine Reeder, sophomore undeclared fromDallas; and Katie Campbell, senior sociology major from Houston, all members of Delta Theta’s Sing Songact, fix each other’s costumes before the Friday night performance in Scruggs Gymnasium double gym.

Healthy Choices Week begins ThursdayChapel forums,

activities, informationbooths available

E-mail McGowan at: [email protected]

‘Almost have it ... nope, not quite ... keep smiling ...’

Smith

By WARREN GRAYSPORTS WRITER

The ACU women’s basketballteam ended its three-game roadtrip last week in unexpectedfashion with a 79-78 overtimeloss to Texas A&M-Kingsville.

The Wildcats won the firsttwo games of the trip againstAngelo State and TexasWoman’s University.

“You figure if you go two outof three on the road, it’s prettysuccessful,” head coachLavender said. “Kingsville’s justprobably not the one you expectto lose.”

The Javelinas are now just 6-20, 2-10 in Lone StarConference South Division playon the season. ACU, mean-while, moved to 17-8, 8-4 andremains third in the SouthDivision, a spot Lavender said

the team will probably still be inat the end of the regular season.In order for the Wildcats to winthe division, West Texas A&Mand Angelo State must both losetheir last two games.

Lavender said the Wildcatscame out sluggish in their finalroad game of the regular seasonbut played well overall.

“I thought our girls showed alot of heart just getting the gameinto overtime,” Lavender said.“There were a lot of positivesthat came out of the game.”

ACU was down 67-59 with1:52 left in regulation when itkicked it into high gear.Kierstan Barbee scored fourunanswered points in 20 sec-onds to cut the lead in half, andafter a missed shot byKingsville’s Aasia Betts, HaleyHammond hit one of two freethrows to pull the Wildcats towithin one possession at 57-54.After two more Javelina misses,the Wildcats got the ball with

By WARREN GRAYSPORTS WRITER

The baseball team’s four-game set against Cameron onSaturday and Sunday featureddifferent stories on each day.

Luckily for the Wildcats,both stories ended with ACUwins, resulting in a four-gamesweep.

“It gives us a big boost inthe region,” head coach BrittBonneau said of the fourwins. “We’re 8-2, all in theregion, so that’s going to helpus down the road.”

Saturday’s games belongedto the Wildcat pitchers,specifically Ben Maynard andBen Brockman. In the firstgame, Maynard (2-0) pitchedfive innings, giving up threeruns, before giving way toAndrew Dillman. Dillmanallowed only one hit in two

innings to earn his first saveof the season in a 7-3 ACUwin.

Ben Brockman continuedhis hot start to the sea-son with a seven-inning per-formance in ACU’s 7-1 winin Saturday’s nightcap.Brockman (3-0) gave up twohits and one earned run. Onthe season, Brockman haspitched 18 innings, giving upjust one earned run in thatspan.

Although the ACU batsdidn’t necessarily struggle inSaturday’s action, postingseven runs in both games,they weren’t nearly as lively asthey were in Sunday’s games.ACU scored 25 runs on 25hits for the day.

“We pretty much out-slugged them the second day,”Bonneau said. “But you takethose wins any way you canget them.”

Sunday’s second game wasthe toughest one of the series

SPORTSTUESDAYPage 1B OPTIMIST February 22, 2005

LSC SouthStandings

current through 02-20-05Men’s Basketball

Team Div. Tot.A&M-Commerce 8-2 21-4A&M-Kingsville 7-3 16-9Midwestern State 7-3 15-10West Texas A&M 6-4 12-13Angelo State 4-6 11-14E. New Mexico 2-8 9-16ACU 1-9 8-17

Women’s BasketballTeam Div. Tot.Angelo State 10-2 22-3West Texas A&M 9-3 18-7ACU 8-4 17-8A&M-Commerce 7-5 12-13E. New Mexico 5-7 11-14Midwestern State 4-8 9-16Texas Woman’s 3-9 10-14A&M-Kingsville 2-10 6-19

BaseballTeam Div. Tot.ACU 0-0 8-2Angelo State 0-0 5-3 E. New Mexico 0-0 4-4Tarleton State 0-0 3-3A&M-Kingsville 0-0 3-4West Texas A&M 0-0 2-5

SoftballTeam Div. Tot.Angelo State 0-0 10-1A&M-Kingsville 0-0 14-2Texas Woman’s 0-0 2-1ACU 0-0 9-5E. New Mexico 0-0 6-7Tarleton State 0-0 5-6

Upcoming events in Wildcat sports...

(home events in italics)

Tuesday, February 22SB: St. Edward's, 5 p.m.

Thursday, February 24MB: Texas A&M Commerce,

8p.m.WB: Texas A&M Commerce 6p.m.

Friday, February 25BSB: Central Oklahoma, 1p.m.SB: LSC Crossover Tournament

S.W. Oklahoma, noonS.E. Oklahoma, 2 p.m.

WTN: Tyler College 9a .m.Centenary, 2 p.m.

Saturday, February 26MB: Midwestern St. 6 p.m.WB: Midwestern St. 4 p.m.BSB: Central Oklahoma, noonSB: LSC Crossover Tournament

Cameron, noonMidwestern St, 2 p.m.

WTN: Stephen F. Austin St. 9 a.m.

Sunday, February 27WTN: North Central College, 9 a.m.

North Texas, 5 p.m.

ScoresSaturday, February 19

Men’s basketballTexas A&M Kingsville 88, ACU 59

Women’s basketballTexas A&M Kingsville 79, ACU 78

SoftballACU 9, Nebraska-Kearney 1ACU 11, Fort Hays State 2

BaseballACU 7, Cameron 3ACU 7, Cameron 1Sunday, February 20ACU 14, Cameron 8ACU 11, Cameron 8

Spirits might have been a little low at halftime on March 1, 1987, as themen’s basketball team trailed 38-32 at the half of the Lone Star Conferencechampionship game. The team was in search of its third straight LSC title,but West Texas State—now known as West Texas A&M – was the new kidon the block on the verge of stripping the defending champions of theirglory.

The Buffaloes had left the NCAA Division I Missouri Valley Conferenceafter the 1985-86 season, joined the LSC, and proved to be a thorn in theside of ACU, handing the Wildcats a 94-75 loss just six games before.

During the break between the action ACU president Dr. William J.Teague went down to the floor of Moody Coliseum and stood before thespark plug of Wildcat basketball: the student crowd in Section F.

Teague led the students who helped make up the crowd of 4,300 in acollaborative cheer that energized the popular student section, whichrubbed off on the Wildcat players in the final period, and ACU went on to78-69 victory that gave it a third consecutive LSC title.

In the midst of a 44-game home winning streak at Moody that began in1984, Section F emerged to strike fear into the hearts and minds of oppos-ing players, coaches and referees. Nearly two decades later, students aretrying to bring back the support that the teams of the late 1980s enjoyed.

The section was partly responsible for the departure of West TexasState’s head coach Gary Moss after the 1986-87 season, as Bill Hart, formerAbilene Reporter-News sports writer, reported in April 1987.

Hart’s article gave three reasons why Moss took the head coaching jobat Sam Houston State: “1. He wanted to coach in NCAA Division I; 2. He

didn’t like the officials in the LSC; 3. He didn’t like playing at MoodyColiseum.”

Moss expressed his displeasure with the fans from ACU in an Amarillonewspaper article written by Tim Buckley in February of 1987, just beforehis team handed the Wildcats the 94-75 loss in Canyon.

“We have to have the same kind of home crowd to play in front of whenthey (ACU) come to our place – not an obnoxious crowd, but one just asbelligerent as the one here,” Moss said in the article. “I hope Abilene hasto go through exactly what we went through.”

David Robinette, a 1990 graduate of ACU, said the students sometimesgot to the officials, too.

“We had a referee hanging on a stick, and when the fans felt like the refsmade a bad call, they’d hold the ref not hanging on the rope yet, and thecrowd would chant ‘Ahhhhhh!’ and somebody would drop the rope andhang the referee,” Robinette said.

“One time a referee was kind of jumpy because of us,” Robinette said.“He made us put the stick away. It kind of spooked the ref; I’d never seena ref react to anything like that before.”

Kerry Cole, a 1988 graduate of ACU and former sports editor for theOptimist, recalled a memorable moment from another game with rival WestTexas State that involved Abilene’s current mayor and former dean of stu-dents, Norm Archibald.

“There was a struggle for a rebound under the basket, and things got alittle rough,” Cole said. “Players from WT bench ran onto the court, and itlooked like it could get ugly. Norman Archibald, who was the PA announc-er, grabbed the mic, just about swallowed it and yelled ‘Stay off the court!’

“It was so loud—you could just hear it throughout the coliseum; every-body just froze—the guys who were fighting stopped fighting, and theguys who were running out onto the floor stopped. Everyone realized thatNorm stopped the fight with his voice, and almost immediately Section Fstarted chanting “Stay off the court!” and pointing towards the West

Reviving the spirit

Wildcats win two,lose one on road

Wildcats sweep theAggies over weekend

Take a walk back into the days of ‘Section F,’ when ACU’s basketball fans led the Wildcats to victory after victory

By KYLE ROBARTSSPORTS WRITER

ACU prevails withpitching on Saturday,

hitting on Sunday

Women lose final road game to Javelinas

by one point in OT

See SCHOOL SPIRIT Page 3B


Andrew Dillman, sophomore pitcher, throws a strike to an Aggiebatter in the seventh inning of the Cats’ 7-3 victory over Cameronin game one of a doubleheader sweep at Crutcher Scott Field onSaturday. Dillman entered the game and pitched two scorelessinnings of one-hit ball for his first save of his collegiate career. See WOMEN Page 2B


Students in Moody Coliseum’s Section F scream and cheer for the ACU men’s basketball team with Section F T-shirts, colorful balloons and posters in an attempt toencourage the team and renew the enthusiasm of spectators.

See BASEBALL Page 2B

to obtain. The Wildcats foundthemselves behind 6-1 afterCameron batted in the fifthinning, but ACU respondedwith two runs in its part ofthe fifth and eight in the sixthinning to seal the sweep.

Shortstop Brenan Herreraput the finishing touches onthe eight-run inning with atwo-run home run after DanGubbels’ single scored ChrisWalsh and Joel Wells to giveACU the 9-8 lead.

“I tip my hat to our hit-ters,” Bonneau said. “Theydid a great job of comingthrough late in the game.”

The production was a wel-come sight from Herrera, whocame into the series hittingjust .200 for the season. ButHerrera seemed to hit every-thing hard over the weekendand came away with sevenhits in 13 at bats, a .538 aver-age.

Center fielder Cody Curealso found his stroke in theseries. Cure, the selection forLone Star Conference SouthDivision Preseason Player ofthe Year, was hitting just .238before Saturday. He went 6-for-16, a .375 average, in theseries, including a six-RBI,two-double performance inACU’s 14-8 win in Sunday’sfirst game.

In that game, Walsh con-tinued his torrid play with atwo-run single in the firstinning to give the Wildcatsthe early lead.

The Aggies then made sev-eral runs as they looked fortheir first win of the series,but ACU had the answerevery time. Cameron tied thegame at two in the thirdinning, but ACU respondedwith one in the bottom half ofthe inning. In the nextinning, the Aggies took a 4-3

lead, only to see the Wildcatstake it right back with athree-run frame.

Both teams put up threeruns in the fifth, but the sixthinning made the difference.ACU reliever Brandon Moorecame in and threw the firstperfect inning of the day foreither squad and earned thewin. Then the Wildcatoffense put five more runs onthe board to put the gameaway.

Bonneau said it was goodto come away with wins intwo games that didn’t featuregreat Wildcat pitching.

“We were in a situationlast year when we didn’t havethe offense we needed,”Bonneau said. “This year, westill have the great pitching,but we’ve added some offen-sive production. So now if wejust get average pitching, wecan still win some games, andif we get great pitching, weblow people out.”

Two pitchers who didn’thave their best outings onSunday were Justin Whitlockand Kade Simmons, who arestill recovering from arm sur-gery. Simmons pitched oneinning, giving up four runs,and Whitlock went just two-thirds of an inning while giv-ing up two earned runs.

“They haven’t pitched inover a year, and they’re stillnot 100 percent,” Bonneausaid. “But you’ve got to getthem some experience. Theymay take their bumps andbruises, but we need them tobe 100 percent in April, notFebruary.”

The Wildcats will hit thefield again for another week-end four-game set on Fridayin Edmond, Okla., againstCentral Oklahoma.

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Senior Artin Tafazoli lunges to return the ball to Midwestern Stateplayers in the Teague Special Events Center on Tuesday. The men willplay at home March 4 when they face Western New Mexico.

Tennis serves upsuccessful start

From ACU SPORTSINFORMATION

The Abilene ChristianUniversity’s men's tennis teamimproved to 6-4 on the seasonwith Tuesday’s 6-3 win overMidwestern State at theTeague Special Events Center.

The Wildcats won at Nos.1-3 and No. 6 singles and wonat No. 1 and No. 3 doubles.

Artin Tafazoli downedMSU's Brett Emerson for a 6-2, 6-0 win at No. 1, and JasonRay won his singles match 4-6, 6-3, 6-1. Casper Steenkampalso fought off MSU's GeneLigeon 6-2, 6-4.

In doubles action, Steen-kamp and Ray paired to downEmerson and Jared King 8-6.

ACU assistant coach JohnWalker said his team didn'texpect such a strong effortfrom MSU.

“We wanted to get theupper hand early because itwas an important match forus,” Walker said. “We wereshooting for it to be a little

more decisive, but it was aclose enough match where thenext time we play them wemight be a little scared.”

The Wildcats, who areranked No. 22 in the nation inthe Intercollegiate Tennis As-sociation Top 25 poll, don'tplay again until March 4 whenthey serve as host to WesternNew Mexico University, aDivision II school from thePacific West Conference.

The women's tennis teamcompleted a three-day roadtrip with wins over Lone StarConference foes East CentralUniversity and the Universityof Central Oklahoma.

ACU defeated East Central8-1 in Ada, Okla., taking all ofthe doubles matches and fiveof six singles matches in thewin. In Edmond, Okla., theWildcats won 9-0, takingevery match in both the sin-gles and doubles divisions.

Those two wins finishedoff a 5-1 road trip for ACUthat saw them also take winsover Drury, NortheasternState and Oklahoma Baptist.The Wildcat’s only loss on thetrip—and on the season—was an 8-1 loss Sunday atArkansas.

Women take the spotlight on road trip,

men improve to 6-4

Women: Cats wrap up season, two games at home

with one more shot, and theywent to someone who had sur-prisingly not hit a shot allgame.

With three seconds left,Ashley King scored her firstpoints of the game on a game-tying 3-pointer.

“They did a great job of tak-ing her out of the game as faras giving her any open looks,”Lavender said. “But she hadeight assists, played great de-fense and played smart basket-

ball. Then when we needed herto hit the big shot, she did.”

The 67-67 tie as overtimebegan was the closest ACUwould get for the rest of theway as they ran out of gasdown the stretch. Jamie Bolesand Stephanie Riles played welloffensively down low for theWildcats, scoring 22 and 17points respectively. But noother Wildcat reached doublefigures.

Still, ACU shot 47.8 percentfor the game, and, after 15first-half turnovers, committed

just seven in the second half.But the Wildcats’ undoing wasa Kingsville 47-38 reboundingadvantage.

“That hurt us quite a bit,”Lavender said. “We gave up toomany offensive rebounds. Thefirst half is what hurt us themost.”

The Wildcats wrap up theirregular season with two gamesin Moody Coliseum this week.On Thursday, Texas A&MCommerce will travel toAbilene for a 6 p.m. game, andMidwestern State will take on

the Wildcats on Saturday at 4p.m.

Lavender said the team willapproach the games as step-ping stones to the post-seasontournament.

“You want to build momen-tum and work on some thingsgoing into the conference tour-nament,” Lavender said. “Onceyou’re in the tournament, it’sanybody’s game then.”

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Texas bench.Cole later tried to write an

article on the effect of the stu-dent crowd onopposing teams,but rival coachesoften declined tocomment.

“They werecareful not to sayanything thatwould be ‘bul-letin board material’ or some-thing that would get the fanseven more fired up,” Cole said.“You could hear in their voicesthat they had a tough enoughtime playing there already.”

The winning streak endedin 1988, the year after thedeparture of Mike Martin, whohad led the Wildcats to thethree straight LSC titles.Shortly after, Section F beganto deteriorate.

David Bacon, sports direc-tor at KTAB-TV, who stillbroadcasts ACU basketballgames, said the void left bySection F has changed Wildcatbasketball, and other than acouple of years under formerhead coach Shannon Hays, ithas never reached that level offan participation.

“It was just a great time forACU basketball for the menbecause once Section F wasdiscouraged, the fan support

hasn’t been quite the same, thecoliseum hasn’t been quite thesame, and for that matter,men’s basketball hasn’t beenquite the same, period,” Bacon

said.Although the administra-

tion didn’t officially terminatethe student section, Robinettesaid he believes there mighthave been a push to get rid ofit.

“When (Martin) resignedthe next year, they wanted togo in a completely differentdirection,” Robinette said.“The older fans —probablypeople who give school money—were a little offended thatwe were so excited at basket-ball games. I don’t know thatthey made an official effort,but it seemed to me there was,being on the student side ofit.”

In the years since the sec-tion’s submersion, there havebeen a few attempts at revivingSection F. None have succeed-ed at this point. But this sea-son, Wildcat fans are makinganother chance at revival.

On Jan. 20, in a women’sgame against Texas Woman’sUniversity, Clinton Farrell, amember of the ACU footballteam, made an effort to get his

friends and other students tosit together in Section Finstead of spreading out allover the coliseum.

Two days later, the groupattempted to be more organ-ized for the men’s and women’sdoubleheader with TexasA&M-Kingsv i l l e .They made signs,tallied the team’sthree-point fieldgoals on the rails,and worked to bringback some of thepregame rituals thattheir predecessorsfrom the 1980s left behind.

Craig Dennis, senior sec-ondary education major fromRio Vista, said he is having agreat time trying to revive thesection but would like to seeeven more effort.

The attempt at revivingSection F this season hasn’tbrought the attendance that

Bacon said was “packed everynight” during the streak, butmen’s head coach KlintPleasant said they are havingan appreciated influence.

“I wanted totell those guysthe other nightafter the gamehow much Ia p p r e c i a t e dthem,” Pleasantsaid after a Feb.10 loss to

Eastern New Mexico. “Itmeans a lot; win or lose, itmeans a lot.”

Section F has had effects onopposing players this yearalready, even with its smallnumbers. The students’ sup-port especially has had an

influence on the women’sopposing players and coachesas the Wildcats have lost justone game at Moody Coliseumin conference play this season.

One of Eastern New Mex-ico’s assistant coaches told thesection that he was going to“come up there” after the gameas his team went into the lock-

er room for halftime, and thewomen’s head coach for TexasA&M-Kingsville was in con-stant direct conversation withthe students of Section F.

The Texas Woman’s headcoach approached the sectionafter ACU won 71-61 andapologized for his players’reactions and obscene gesturesto its heckling and told thestudents they were great fans.

“A fan has two jobs,”Dennis said. “No. 1, maketheir team better, and No. 2,make the other team playworse.”

Dennis said he has troubleunderstanding why today’sstudents can’t fill the sectionand bring back the influencethat it had in the 1980s. He

also said he wishes the stu-dents who do attend gameswould be more active.

“It is so much more fun toget into the game than sit therelike you don’t want to bethere,” Dennis said. “It’s somuch more fun to leave thegame hoarse, get flipped off,have players tell you they’re

going to slap you in the face,all because you got in theirheads.”

Pleasant also said that stu-dent support has an effect onthe home team’s players andcoaches.

“When I was at Kent State,they had something called the“gold zone,” and we’d walkout and there would be just asea of students in gold shirts,”he said. “It felt like when itwas time for the jump ball wewere already up 10-0. I don’tthink people realize the energyit brings to the game.”

Whether this year’s attemptto resurrect Section F will havelong-term effects re-mains tobe seen, but the future ofSection F depends on the ener-

gy that the studentswill provide, Dennissaid.

“People are con-vinced that ACU is aDivision II school, sosports aren’t impor-tant,” Dennis said.“They think we can’t

be like those teams on TV.Well, we may not be Duke, wemay not be a D-1 school, butwe can make it a whole heck ofa lot of fun to come to a gameand get into it.”

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“A fan has two jobs. No. 1, make their team better, and No. 2, make the other team play worse.”

Craig Dennis, senior secondary education major from Rio Vista

“Well, we may not be Duke, we may not be a D-I school, but wecan make it a whole heck of a lot of fun to come to a game.”

Craig Dennis, senior secondary education major from Rio Vista

B Tuesday, February 22, 2005CAMPUS NEWS

By LAUREN WARESTUDENT REPORTER

For the first time, mem-bers of the InternationalBusiness Society will go ontrade missions during springbreak to Croatia, Vienna andWales.

“We really think we canreach a lot more peoplethrough business than weever could through thechurch,” said Emily Tate, sen-ior marketing and manage-ment major from Crowley. “Ithink we could all use ourdifferent fields and talents toreach people who don’t go tochurch.”

Mike Winegeart, assistantprofessor of management sci-ences and club sponsor, creat-ed the trade missions after anassociate in Croatia expresseda need for business advice.

“We’re not going in to itlike, ‘We’re the Americans,and we’re going to solve allyour problems,’” said TylerCosgrove, junior finance andmanagement major fromAmarillo. “There are a lot ofthings we can learn fromthem.”

Society members havethree goals for the trips: toestablish business contacts,to create ties with localchurches and to explorepotential study abroad cites.

“If you can put a business-related trip on your résumé,then that is just as good as aninternship,” Winegeart said.“They get to actually do whatthey’re learning about in theircore courses. To me, it’s awin-win for everyone.”

The trip, designed as afact-finding experience, willhelp the College of BusinessAdministration determinewhat needs to be addressedon possible future trips.

“It’s like the Macedoniancall,” Winegeart said. “So

why do it? It’s because theneed is there and the demandis there.”

Three students are goingto Wales, three to Vienna andeight to Croatia.

The trip is not exclusive tobusiness majors, Cosgrovesaid. Two international rela-tions majors and one commu-nication major are going.

“We’re all coming at itfrom different viewpoints,”Cosgrove said. “I think that’swhat this is all about: sharingideas.”

The students began thesociety in late October be-cause of the large interest intrade missions, Cosgrovesaid.

“I’m really excited to havethree destinations in our firstyear,” Winegeart said. “Ithink God is just openingdoors, and there will be moreopportunities next year.”

Students plan trade missionInternational Business

Society will travelduring spring break

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Follow me with this one, guys


Eric Harrell, assistant professor of theatre, performs the role of Kyle in ‘An Inch of Rope’ on Sunday nightin Culp Theatre in the Williams Performing Arts Center. Harrell wrote the play, and the show will runagain Tuesday night in Culp after the evening Lectureship ceremony.

By MITCH HOLTSTAFF WRITER

The departments ofExercise Science, Mathema-tics and Computer Science,Physics and Psychology willhost visiting committees,groups that will examine andhelp improve each depart-ment.

Each committee will exam-ine the educational and ad-ministrative state of eachdepartment and provide feed-back to help departmentmembers improve their tasks.

“The intent of a visitingcommittee is to study a pro-gram or department and makesuggestions regarding cur-riculum and environment,”said Dr. David Hughes, chairof the Department of Math-ematics and ComputerScience.

The computer science co-mmittee came to the campus

Jan. 11 to examine the depart-ment, but the mathematicscommittee will not be oncampus until Friday, Hughessaid.

He said the departmentstake the committees’ recom-mendations seriously; howev-er, visiting committees do notmake decisions. The commit-tees recommend certain chan-ges to make, but the depart-ment and university ultimate-ly make decisions.

Dr. Larry Norsworthy,chair of the Psychology De-partment, said the depart-ment’s visiting committeemakes suggestions about thetopics of meetings.

“The Psychology Depart-ment has been revisiting itsfocus—value, vision and mis-sion,” Norsworthy said. “Wewill be presenting this to thevisiting committee, and theywill be presenting vision andmission statements fromother universities.”

The Psychology Depart-ment’s meeting is Friday. Themeeting will begin at a 7:30

a.m. The committee will workthrough breakfast and willfinish around 6 p.m., Nor-sworthy said.

“The psychology visitingcommittee is selected basedon several factors,” he said.“Each member must be one ofthe following: a psychologist,an employer of psychologistsor teacher of psychology.”

In the Department ofMathematics and ComputerScience, recommendationsare made to the departmentchair regarding people whomight be willing and appro-priate to serve on a visitingcommittee.

“The department chairthen makes nominations to acommittee of the Board ofTrustees, which makes themembership decisions,”Hughes said. “Invitations toserve are then sent out fromthe president.”

Committees to examinecurriculum, make

program suggestions

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Departments welcome visitors

By TIFFANY WILLIAMSCOPY EDITOR

Students can look forwardto a larger selection of restau-rants and retail stores on thenorth side of Abilene near thenew Wal-Mart Supercenter inthe coming months.

“Anywhere a Super Wal-Mart is built attracts all kinds ofbusiness,” said Kenneth L.Musgrave, who owns 2,500acres of the developing land.

Aside from new restaurants,homes and retail stores, EastLake Road will be extended toInterstate 20 to accommodatethe traffic from the new devel-opments, Musgrave said.

He declined to release thenames of future tenantsbecause the respective restau-rants are conducting due dili-

gence, or the steps businessestake to avoid harm to theirpatrons.

Musgrave said this involvessurveying the land and consid-ering environmental aspects,like whether the soil has beencontaminated. The businessesalso survey the income of resi-dents who live near the area.

The process will continuefor 60 days; however, Musgravesaid he believes it will be worththe wait for college students.

“There will definitely besome nice restaurants therequickly,” he said.

Students have ideas aboutwhat restaurants they wouldlike to see come to the northside of town, and their opinionsfit nearly every restaurantgenre.

“I want to see Bennigan’s,and Pancho’s and the WaffleHouse,” said Vikki Chaffin,senior family consumer sciencemajor from Haslet.

Krystal Scott, assistant man-ager of The Campus Store,agreed.

“I’ve heard rumors we aregetting a Bennigan’s,” she said.“And Applebee’s. Those are thetwo restaurants I’ve heardabout.”

“Razzoo’s would be nice, butit would never come toAbilene,” said Destiny Gueara,senior marketing major fromAustin. She said she would alsolike to see Wendy’s come to thisside of town because she does-n’t like driving so far to eat atthe fast food restaurant.

“Joe’s Crab Shack would begood,” said her friend JulieSwart, freshman undeclaredmajor from Abilene, beforeadding “A stand-alone Chick-fil-A would be good, too.”

Upcoming Supercenterdraws in dining,

resale tenants

New Wal-Mart brings new restaurants

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Tuesday, February 22, 2005 Page 5BCAMPUS NEWS

By JEREMY L. PONDSTUDENT REPORTER

The Graduate School ofTheology will bring in prospec-tive students from around thenation for Preview Weekendbeginning Sunday.

The weekend will be anopportunity for prospective stu-dents to meet the faculty andcurrent students of the Grad-uate School of Theology, organ-izers said.

Events include dinner andorientation after the studentsarrive, followed by a time ofworship and fellowship. Theevent will conclude Mondaywith a continental breakfast, in-formational sessions and a clos-ing Chapel. A fee of $15 per stu-dent will cover the cost of foodand registration. Faculty mem-bers and current students of thegraduate school will providehousing at no cost.

B.J. McMichael, director ofGraduate Student Services inthe Graduate School of The-

ology and the organizer of theweekend, said he got the ideafor the weekend while lookingat the Web sites of other semi-naries.

“I kept bumping into thisidea that one of the key thingspeople need to do to make adecision is visit the campus,” hesaid.

McMichael also said theweekend is not limited to Biblemajors.

“There are people that do amajor in communication andthen decide they want to enterthe ministry,” he said.

The organizers had original-ly hoped to enroll 50 studentsfor the weekend, but theyexpect the actual number to bebetween 20-30 students.

“At the start, we simply did-n’t know how many people toexpect,” McMichael said.

Dr. James Thompson, associ-

ate dean of the Graduate Schoolof Theology, said the purpose ofthe weekend is to aid prospec-tive students in deciding wheth-er they want to attend theGraduate School of Theology.

“We want to let them see thecommunity here, and we wantto help them understand theacademic rigor of the place,” hesaid.

Thompson said the Grad-uate School of Theology hasnever hosted a weekend likethis before.

“It’s really an experiment,”he said. “If it works well, we’lldo it again. If not, we’ll try tofigure out how to do it better.”

Monday is the deadline forstudents to R.S.V.P. for theweekend.

E-mail Pond at: [email protected]

Graduate School of Theology welcomesprospective students

Preview Weekend begins for students

By MARY TANSTAFF WRITER

Students looking for a jobwith flexible hours near cam-pus could consider working atthe ACU Calling Center.Workers call alumni andfriends of the university andrequest donations for theACU Annual Fund, whichhelps keep tuition costs fromrising any more than neces-sary.

“If you would total up allthe money it costs to run ACUfor a year, tuition fees onlycover about half of it,” saidJennifer Sweeney, programmanager of the ACU CallingCenter. The Annual Fund

makes up the other half.The Calling Center, located

at 1075 N. Judge Ely Blvd.,hires ACU students or alumniwho learn quickly, havestrong communication skillsare outgoing and are open toconstructive criticism, Sween-ey said.

Student workers are re-quired to work at least threeshifts a week. Before begin-ning work, applicants com-plete a four-day training pro-gram where they learn thehistory of the company andthe company’s affiliation withACU, as well as what to saywhen making a phone call.

The center has 37 studentson staff, but it hopes to haveabout 60 by March, Sweeneysaid.

“Once March 1 rollsaround, we’ll have a lot ofACU prospects to start call-

ing,” Sweeney said. “We maynot always need people, butwe can always use people onour staff.”

The center’s three main ob-

jectives are to foster a goodrelationship between the uni-versity and the prospectivedonor, to update alumniinformation, and to raisemoney. Sweeney emphasizesall three are equally impor-tant.

“If you call and you don’tfoster a good relationshipwith the person, you will ne-

ver get to the point where youcan ask for money,” she said.“If you don’t get their addressinformation, then even if theysay they’ll give money, you

don’t know which address tosend the pledge informationto. It’s a cycle that revolvesaround those three things.”

Employees of the CallingCenter are working to raise$424,000 for the universitythis year, and they have col-lected $308,000 so far.Donors who give $1,000 ormore automatically become

part of the President’s Circle,the strongest group of sup-porters the university has.However, Sweeney admitsthat it is more common tohave people say no to a dona-tion request.

“We call about 50,000 peo-ple a year, and only about6,000 actually give a gift,” shesaid. Callers usually ask for$200, but most people whodonate give between $35 and$50.

The figures do not worryShane Davies, student super-visor at the ACU CallingCenter and junior physicaltherapy major from Tucson,Ariz. He has worked at thecenter for two years.

“I am confident that we’llmeet our goal by the end ofthe year,” he said.

The Challenge Grant isanother of the Calling Cen-

ter’s projects. An anonymousdonor is willing to donate$250,000 to the university ifat least 6,000 people makedonations. The challenge ispart of the university’sCentennial Campaign.

This summer, callers will“survey high school studentswho have expressed interestin ACU,” Sweeney said. Theresults of the survey will go toAdmissions and EnrollmentManagement.

For more informationabout the Calling Center, stu-dents may contact JenniferSweeney at 675-2601 or [email protected] will be e-mailedto any student upon request.

Center expects to hire about 25 more

students in March

E-mail Tan at: [email protected]

Calling Center hiring students to contact friends of university

“If you would total up all the money it costs to runACU for a year, tuition fees only cover half of it.”

Jennifer Sweeney, program manager of the ACU Calling Center

“We want to let them see the community here, and we want to help them understand the

academic rigor of the place.”

B.J. McMichael, organizer of graduate school Preview Weekend

‘And this is how you attack a fox that enters the henhouse’

Ko Jo Kai Sing Song co-director Dawn Engleheardt, senior instrumental music teaching major fromAbilene, animatedly directs her chickens in Ko Jo Kai, as they practice before Friday’s Sing Song per-formance in Scruggs Gymnasium’s double gym.

B Tuesday, February 22, 2005LECTURESHIP SCHEDULE

Tuesday12:15 p.m.

ACU Missions Luncheon;Williams Performing ArtsCenter, Lobby

2 p.m. Understanding Islam; Dan

McVey; Onstead-Packer Bib-lical Studies Building, Room103

And All I Get Are TheseWings? Why the Resurrectionis Even Better News Than YouThought!; Ron Highfield; Ons-tead-Packer Biblical StudiesBuilding, Room 112

Through Him and To Him:Jesus as Savior and Creator inColossians 1:15-20; RonaldCox; Onstead-Packer BiblicalStudies Building, Room 113

Christ and Culture atColossae; Evertt W. Huffard;Onstead-Packer Biblical Stud-ies Building, Room 114

1805: A 200-Year Perspecti-

ve; Tom Olbricht; Onstead-Pa-cker Biblical Studies Building,Room 115

Biblical Insights for Today’sChurches; Everett Ferguson;Onstead-Packer Biblical Stud-ies Building, Room 117

Humanity 2.0; Wade Hod-ges; Onstead-Packer BiblicalStudies Building, Room 120

The Three R’s of SpiritualGrowth; Matthew A. Stead;Onstead-Packer Biblical Stud-ies Building, Room 122

Interim Ministry in Chur-ches of Christ; Charles Siburt,Jerrie Barber, John Parker;Onstead-Packer Biblical Stud-ies Building, Room 127

Searching For Identity; Cec-il May Jr.; Onstead-PackerBiblical Studies Building, Ro-om 128

Christians and the World inColossians; Wendell Willis;

Onstead-Packer Biblical Stud-ies Building, Room 129

Shepherd Leadership; DavidDavenport and Blaine McCor-mick; Onstead-Packer BiblicalStudies Building, Room 130

Seeds, Seasons and SecondChances; Fate Hagood III;Onstead-Packer Biblical StudiesBuilding, Chapel on the Hill

Ministry in The Marketplace;Don McLaughlin; Biblical StudiesBuilding, Hart Auditorium

A People of Peace for aFragmented Church; Dr. JackReese; Cullen Auditorium

Will History Repeat Itself?;Lynn A. McMillon; MabeeBusiness Building, Room 115

Christian Art; Darryl L. Ti-ppens and Steve Weathers;Mabee Business Building, Ro-om 117

The Preacher’s Workshop;David Fleer and David Holm-es; Williams Performing Arts Ce-nter, Room 184 (Fulks Theatre)

Church Planting Initiatives;Mark Love and Kent Smith;Williams Performing Arts Ce-nter, Room 111 (Recital Hall)

3:15 p.m.Models for Godly Mentor-

ing; Penny Tenpenny; Onst-ead-Packer Biblical StudiesBuilding, Room 112

Continuing Conversationswith the International Churchesof Christ; Gregg Marutzky,Chris Seidman, Mike Talia-ferro; Onstead-Packer BiblicalStudies Building, Room 114

Churches of Christ at OurBest; Ronnie Norman; Onste-ad-Packer Biblical StudiesBuilding, Room 115

Are We a Democracy or AKingdom?; Elaine Denman;Onstead-Packer Biblical Stud-ies Building, Room 117

Fortifying Families for theFuture; Vincent and KathleenHawkins; Onstead-Packer Bib-lical Studies Building, Room 129

The Faith at Work Move-ment; Ed Bonneau, Grant Bo-

one, Mark Hamilton, MontyLynn and Eddie Sharp; Onst-ead-Packer Biblical StudiesBuilding, Room 130

Living Beyond Racial andEthnic Distinctions; Rick Hun-ter, Ervin Jackson, Don McLau-ghlin and Tom Robinson;Onstead-Packer Biblical StudiesBuilding, Hart Auditorium

4:45 p.m.Men’s Fellowship Dinner;

Gibson Health and PhysicalEducation Center, ScruggsGymnasium

Women for ACU Dinner;Hillcrest Church; Multipur-pose Activity Center

7 p.m.Since You Have Been Raised

With Christ; Billy Curl; Moo-dy Coliseum

Following Evening LectureCascade College Alumni and

Friends Reception; CampusCenter, Living Room

Lubbock Christian Univer-sity Alumni Reception; MabeeLibrary Auditorium

Western Christian Schoolsand Great Lakes ChristianCollege; Campus Center, Hil-ton Room

Wednesday6:30 a.m.

Spirituality @ Work Break-fast; Southern Hills Church ofChrist

7 a.m. 21st Century Christian Pow-

er for Today; Williams Per-forming Arts Center, Lobby

Center for Christian Edu-cation Breakfast; McGlothlinCampus Center, “Reserva-tions Only” Dining Room

8:30 a.m. Embracing Flesh and Spirit;

Emily Spivey; Onstead-PackerBiblical Studies Building, Room103

Jonah: The Running Man; Te-rry Brown; Onstead-PackerBiblical Studies Building, Ro-om 112

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Welcoming The New Crea-tion; Jarrod Robinson; Ons-tead-Packer Biblical StudiesBuilding, Room 113

Hidden in Christ; Ian Fair;Onstead-Packer Biblical Stu-dies Building, Room 114

The Saga of the Encyclopediaof the Stone-Campbell Move-ment; Paul M. Blowers, DougFoster, D. Newell Williams;Onstead-Packer Biblical Stu-dies Building, Room 115

The Pharisees’ Guide to TotalHoliness; Dwight Robarts;Onstead-Packer Biblical Stu-dies Building, Room 117

Making Room: HospitalityAs a Missional Practice; GradyD. King; Mabee Business Buil-ding, Room 117

Bringing The Essentials; BenRies; Onstead-Packer BiblicalStudies Building, Room 122

Fornication is Not Just aOne-Night Stand; Jim Mor-rison; Onstead-Packer BiblicalStudies Building, Room 126

Becoming a Grown-Up Chri-stian: Studies in Colossians andPhilemon; Jan Hailey; Onstead-Packer Biblical Studies Build-ing, Room 128

Colossians and the Duties ofthe Christian Life; Rick Oster;Onstead-Packer Biblical Stu-dies Building, Room 129

Serving a Resurrected Lord:An Easter Ethic for a FearfulWorld; Lee Camp; Onstead-Packer Biblical StudiesBuilding, Room 130

The Doctor Will See YouNow; Rick Atchley; Onstead-Packer Biblical Studies Build-ing, Hart Auditorium

Touched by the Blood of HisCross; Tom Olbricht; Onstead-Packer Biblical Studies Build-ing, Chapel on the Hill

Weakness is Not a Sin; Billy

Wilson; Cullen Auditorium

For Those With Ears to Hear;Gregory Stevenson; MabeeBusiness Building, Room 115

He Who Has Ears, Let HimHear; Greg Straughn; WilliamsPerforming Arts Center, Room145 (Muns Choral RehearsalHall)

9:45 a.m. The Spirit Shepherd; Rick

Hunter; Onstead-Packer BiblicalStudies Building, Room 103

The The World May Know;Mike Taliaferro; Onstead-Pac-ker Biblical Studies Building,Room 104

Heartbreak and Heartburnon the Road to Emmaus; RossCochran; Onstead-Packer Bib-lical Studies Building, Room 112

Peaceful Conflict: Is ThereHope?; Lara Buhrmann and Paul Lakey; Onstead-PackerBiblical Studies Building, Ro-om 113

Announcing Good News tothe Poor; Larry James, StuartLove, Harold Shank; Onstead-Packer Biblical StudiesBuilding, Room 114

All Those Untold Stories:African-American Leaders inChurches of Christ; Edward J.Robinson; Onstead-PackerBiblical Studies Building,Room 115

Empowered Pictures; Freder-ick Aquino; Onstead-PackerBiblical Studies Building, Ro-om 117

A Candle at Midnight; JerryNelson; Biblical Studies Build-ing, Room 120

Christianity and MentalIllness: Coming Out of the DarkAges; Angela D. Soper;Onstead-Packer Biblical Stud-ies Building, Room 122

Living Between the Trees;Galon D. Jones; Onstead-Packer Biblical Studies Build-ing, Room 126

Going Deeper: Discoveringthe Heart of God; Sally Shank;Onstead-Packer Biblical Stud-ies Building, Room 127

Does Purpose Have to Drivethe Church?; Danny Sidders, Onstead-Packer Biblical Stud-ies Building; Room 128

Colossians: Probing God’sMystery; Carl Holladay,Onstead-Packer Biblical Stud-ies Building, Room 129

A Holy Union; Jeanene P.Reese; Onstead-Packer BiblicalStudies Building, Room 130

C4: Explosive Community;Chris Seidman; Onstead-PackerBiblical Studies Building, Chap-el on the Hill

“Like a Fool”: Paul onLeadership; Tim Woodroof;Biblical Studies Building, HartAuditorium

Ignorance is Not AlwaysBliss; Randy Harris; CullenAuditorium

The Missing Elements inChurch Leadership; David Wr-ay; Mabee Business Building,Room 115

Evangelism and Conversion:Two Words That Need a Facelift;Mark A. LaValley; MabeeBusiness Building, Room 117

To Praise or Not To Praise;Jack Boyd; Williams Perfor-

ming Arts Center, Room 145(Muns Choral Rehearsal Hall)

How Biblical PreachingForgot About the Bible; StephenJohnson; Williams PerformingArts Center, Room 184 (FulksTheatre)

Expressions of the EmergingChurch; Chris Flanders, MarkHopkins, Kent Smith; Wil-liams Performing Arts Center,Room 111 (Recital Hall)

11 a.m.Let the Word of Christ Dwell

in You Richly; Phil Ware;Moody Coliseum

2 p.m. Understanding Islam; Dan

McVey; Onstead-Packer Biblic-al Studies Building, Room 103

Discovering Your InnerCatholic; Jim Hinkle; Onstead-Packer Biblical Studies Build-ing, Room 112

Enkidu Reads Genesis; Roy-ce Dickinson Jr.; Onstead-Pac-ker Biblical Studies Building,Room 113

Christ and Culture at Colos-sae; Evertt W. Huffard; Ons-tead-Packer Biblical StudiesBuilding, Room 114

1805: A 200-Year Perspec-tive; Tom Olbricht; Onstead-Packer Biblical Studies Build-ing, Room 115

Biblical Insights for Today’sChurches; Everett Ferguson;Onstead-Packer Biblical Stud-ies Building, Room 117

Help, We’re Being Invaded!;Gary Green; Onstead-PackerBiblical Studies Building, Ro-om 120

The Three R’s of Spiritual Gr-owth; Matthew A. Stead; Onstead-Packer Biblical Stud-ies Building, Room 122

Interim Ministry in Churchesof Christ; Charles Siburt, JerrieBarber, John Parker; Onstead-Packer Biblical Studies Build-ing, Room 127

Christians and the World inColossians; Wendell Willis;Onstead-Packer Biblical Stud-ies Building, Room 129

Shepherd Leadership; DavidDavenport and Blaine McCor-mick; Onstead-Packer BiblicalStudies Building, Room 130

Ministry in The Marketplace;Don McLaughlin; Onstead-Pa-cker Biblical Studies Building,Hart Auditorium

Seeds, Seasons and SecondChances; Fate Hagood III; On-stead-Packer Biblical StudiesBuilding, Chapel on the Hill

A People of Peace for aFragmented Church; Dr. JackReese; Cullen Auditorium

The Preacher’s Workshop;David Fleer and Billy Curl;Williams Performing ArtsCenter, Room 184 (FulksTheatre)

Church Planting Initiatives;Gailyn VanRheenen; WilliamsPerforming Arts Center, Room111 (Recital Hall)

3:15 p.m. Continuing Conversations

with the International Churchesof Christ, Gregg Marutzky, Ch-ris Seidman and Mike Talia-ferro; Onstead-Packer BiblicalStudies Building, Room 114

Churches of Christ at OurBest; Ronnie Norman; Onste-ad-Packer Biblical StudiesBuilding, Room 115

The Faith at Work Movem-ent; Ed Bonneau, Grant Boone,Mark Hamilton, Monty Lynn,Eddie Sharp; Onstead-PackerBiblical Studies Building,Room 130

Living Beyond Racial andEthnic Distinctions; Rick Hun-ter, Ervin Jackson, Don McLa-ughlin, Tom Robinson and Jo-hn Tillman; Biblical StudiesBuilding, Hart Auditorium

7 p.m. That We May Declare the

Mystery of Christ; RandyHarris; Moody Coliseum

B Tuesday, February 22, 2005CAMPUS NEWS

By VALERIE HANNEKENSTAFF WRITER

Many students probably donot know about the CyclingClub, but club president BobbyGriffith said he wants to changethat by encouraging more peo-ple to become involved inupcoming activities.

On Saturday at 8 a.m., theIntramural Office and theCycling Club will conduct amountain bike race, which isdesigned for an array of peoplewho are interested in cycling.

“This race is open to any-one: student, faculty and staff,”said Griffith, exercise sciencemajor from San Diego.

Griffith is awaiting approvalfrom the city of Abilene so the

race can be conducted on acourse just north of Lake FortPhantom.

Griffith and other race coor-dinators plan to have two rac-ing categories: recreational andcompetitive. Racers in therecreational category will com-pete in a two-lap race, and eachlap will be between two andfour miles long. The competi-tive category will add a level ofdifficulty with more laps.

Griffith said each participantmust have a helmet and bike.The helmet is an essential safe-ty precaution.

The Intramural Office spon-sored the mountain bike racefive years ago, but studentshave not been able to partici-pate since then.

“Bobby came to me with theidea, and we tried to get it start-ed,” said Danny Kittley, directorof intramurals. “All club sportsare under the Intramural

Department, and so it was myjob to help him make the race agood fund-raising venture andgive people a chance to show-case their skills.”

Kittley and Griffith haveworked together to ensure therace is successful.

The cost of the race is $5 percompetitor or a combined priceof $15 for the race, T-shirt andentry fee. Purchasing a T-shirtis not required.

“After this race, we (theCycling Club) plan on doing arace every semester,” Griffithsaid.

Questions about the racecan be sent to Griffith [email protected]. Further infor-mation can be found at my.ACUunder intramural sports.

By RACHEL LAUPAGE DESIGNER

About 200 prospectivehigh school students from allover the country will travelto Abilene, hoping to be afuture Presidential Scholar atACU.

The Presidential ScholarAward and the NationalMerit Finalist Award are themost prestigiousacademic schol-arships the uni-versity offersstudents.

Students areeither offered afull-tuition orh a l f - t u i t i o nscholarship. Full-tuition app-licants are required to have ahigh school grade point aver-age of at least 3.5 and an SATscore of at least 1360, or anACT score of at least 31.Half-tuition applicants are re-quired a have a SAT score ofat least 1260 or an ACT scoreof 28 or higher.

The Department of Ad-missions and Recruiting or-ganizes the scholarship pro-cess. Students will interviewfor most of the day, attend aluncheon with their parents,go on a campus tour, meetdepartment chairs and visitclasses, said Stephanie Smith,

advisor and administrativecoordinator for the HonorsProgram. The HonorsProgram oversees thePresidential Scholars duringtheir time at the university.

About 40 faculty, staff andalumni will interview fourapplicants each, one at atime, said Kevin Campbell,associate director of Mar-keting Information. Camp-bell is an interviewer, and hewill direct communicationconcerning the award pro-cess.

He said about 40 studentsare chosen each year for thisaward.

Chosen scholars face highexpectations at ACU. Theymust take 12 hours ofHonors classes their fresh-man year and they must vol-unteer for 15 hours of com-munity service per semester.They will also live on campusevery year of their time atACU. Full-tuition scholarsmust maintain a 3.5 GPA andhalf-tuition scholars a 3.2GPA, said PresidentialScholar Melissa Landry,sophomore accounting andfinance major from Plano.

“It’s kind of intimidatingbecause of all you have tokeep up with, but I like it,”she said.

“It’s a competitive process.We expect a lot out of thesestudents,” Campbell said.“We expect them to be lead-ers in the classroom and inthe dorm. We want them tobe directly involved witheverything on campus.”

Campbell also said thescholarship process changedfor one year when the univer-sity only offered full-tuition

scholarships,but officialsc h a n g e dback to theold processlast year.When only afull-tuitionscholarship

was offered, about 70 stu-dents applied, but only about20 were accepted.

“The biggest reason [tochange back to the oldprocess] was to increase ourenrollment with students inthat range,” he said.

Future scholars will begintheir time at ACU with areception at the home of Dr.Royce Money, president ofACU, and they will meetother Presidential Scholars.

High school studentsaim for Presidential,need at least 3.5 GPA

E-mail Lau at: [email protected]

Scholarship interviews this weekIn Memoriam


Dr. Royce Money, president of the university, speaks at the dedication of the Jo Ann Walling HalbertInstitute for Missions in the Onstead-Packer Biblical Studies Building’s Hall of Servants at a private cer-emony on Saturday. The institute was formerly named the Institute for Missions and Evangelism.

E-mail Hanneken at: [email protected]

Group teams with Intramural Office

to plan event

Cycling Club sponsors bike race

“We expect [Presidential Scholars] to be leadersin the classroom and in the dorm.”

Kevin Campbell, associate director of Marketing Information

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