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Friday, January 30, 2009 :: Vol. 97, No. 32 :: 1 section, 8 pages :: www.acuoptimist.com
Inside This Issue:
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ResLife Resident Assistant application deadline nears
Pg. 8: Surprise Snap: ACU upsets Tarleton, breaks losing streak Pg 5
Peculiar Pupils: Student enrolled in same class as her grandmother
Student band competes in Dallas Battle of the Bands
SA divvies up more than $30K
Clinic hires new staff, hopeful for arrival By Katie Gager Student Reporter
The university plans to renovate the campus medical clinic, and in doing so, has hired a new physician and nurse practitioner. Dr. Ellen Little (’92), daughter of the late Dr. John Little, professor emeritus of biology at ACU, was hired as a permanent physician and Michelle Drew, as a permanent nurse practitioner. “We couldn’t have asked for a more incredible staff,” said Jean Noel-Thompson, dean of student life. “They are a star cast and a quality team.” Little and Drew are passionate about missions, Thompson said. Little is presently working in Uganda on a medical mission and will begin her work at ACU in the summer. Drew also served in Africa on several medical mission trips and will move from Vanderbilt School of Nursing in Tennessee to begin work on campus around March 1. Due to experience in the mission field, the new staff hopes to become more serviceoriented by implementing and providing students with possible long-term mission trips during the summer. In the meantime, starting Sunday, Dr. Sarah Trammel will work part-time on-campus. Trammel recently moved
Jozie Sands :: staff photographer Students’ Association Parliamentarian Caleb Archer, senior political science major from Southlake, and SA President Daniel Paul Watkins, senior political science major from Fredericksburg Va., discuss the spring semester budget during Wednesday’s SA Meeting in Hart Auditorium. The SA Congress voted to allocate more than $34,000 among 30 student organizations.
Provost Hunters Nine members of the ACU faculty and staff were selected by the Faculty Senate to be members of the Provost Search Committee:
By Daniel Johnson-Kim Editor in Chief
After examining several applications from across the nation, the Provost Search Committee is one step closer to finding ACU’s new chief academic officer. The committee, which is comprised of a team of nine ACU faculty or staff chosen by the Faculty Senate, selected at least 10 submitted applications to follow up on and is interviewing the handful of hopeful applicants. Those applicants were chosen from the pile of people who applied or were nominated after the open position was advertised on ACU’s Web site and in the Christian Chronicle. The committee plans to narrow the pool to three or five candidates who will be See
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n *Dr. MeLesa Breeding, dean of the College of Education and Human Services n Dr. Cheryl Bacon, chair of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication n Dr. Patricia Hernàndez, professor of biology n Dr. Foy Mills, chair of the Department of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences n Dr. Eric Gumm, assistant director of Academic Advising and the First-Year Program n Dr. Rick Lytle, chair of the College of Business Administration n Dr. Gary McCaleb, vice president of the University n Dr. Mark Hamilton, associate professor of Old Testament n Dr. Brent Reeves, assistant professor of management sciences *Search Committee Chair
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The 86th Students’ Association Congress approved the Spring 2009 Budget, 350-1, allocating $34,412.96 among 30 student organizations. This compares to the $37,366.99 granted to 46 student groups in fall 2008. With a $25,000 roll-over from last semester and $35 per undergraduate student from the student activity fee, Congress’ total revenue
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Cancellations cause minimal effect acuoptimist.com See videos and a slideshow profiling life on campus during Tuesday’s wintry and icy weather
By Michael Freeman Managing Editor
Icy conditions around the Abilene area caused ACU officials to cancel classes for a day and a half; however, Tuesday and Wednesday’s closures should not drastically alter class schedules. “We’re early enough in the semester that professors can adapt their syllabuses,” said Jim Holmans, executive assistant to the president. “It’s not a big deal at this point in the semester. If we were at the end of the semester, it would be a big deal.” An Arctic cold front rolled into the Big Country Monday, bringing with it sleet and freezing rain that caused hazardous conditions. Low temperatures Tuesday and Wednesday kept the roads
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nals week, free bowling on Tuesdays and the support of the new disc golf course. The student request fund permits student organizations to request money for trips. Last semester, Alpha Psi Omega, ACU’s nationally recognized honorary theatre society, received the largest allocated finances from this fund when Congress gave it more than $3,000 to help subsidize two trips.
Jozie Sands :: staff photographer Neal Tivis, sophomore undeclared major from Denton, reaches out and grabs Brandon King, sophomore political science major from Denver City, for support as the two slide on ice next to the Brown Library on Tuesday.
slippery and forced university officials to cancel classes Tuesday and delay classes until noon Wednesday. Wednesday’s afternoon classes resumed as scheduled. “The difference between Tuesday and Wednesday was
on Tuesday we knew the temperatures were not going to warm up at all,” said Jimmy Ellison, chief of the ACU Police Department. “And on Wednesday, while it was icy and it was well below freezing, we had reports that as soon as the sun
got up above the horizon, it would quickly warm up into the 50s, so we knew that everything would be thawed, and the streets would be melted and safe for travel.” See
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What do you feel about the SA Congress spring budget?
a. It was unfair. b. They are very good stewards. c. My organization needs more cash. d. They did what with my money?
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