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Two years later vol. 102, no. 32
wednesday, january 29, 2014
1 SECTION, 8 PAGES
Anna Cuifo remains joyful throughout her recovery
INSIDE NEWS Monks plans to open its new Ambler coffee shop at the beginning of February
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SPORTS Borja Cortes and the men’s tennis team play well over the weekend in Colorado
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OPINION The Editorial Board discusses the implications of plagarism
Jarred Schuetze staff Photographer
Jacob Alexander and Caleb Pierce rehearse for ACU Theatre’s production of ‘Is He Dead?’, a comedy written by Mark Twain. The production opens Feb. 7 and continues every weekend until Feb. 22. Page 6
SPORTS ACU’s women basketball team wins in Moody on ESPN 3 Page 8
NEWS Radio station KACU changes how it reaches its listeners and how it trains its staff
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NEWS The ACU Winterguard wins last December’s Christmas Slam, but some students think the competition was unclear Page 3
SPORTS Assistant sports editor Collin Weider gives his take on Richard Sherman’s infamous interview and its implications Page 7
NEWS Midnight Worship’s change in location allows for bigger capacity
ACU Theatre to bring Twain to life James eldred staff reporter In a departure from last semester’s serious themes, the ACU Theater Department is presenting the ironically named ‘Is He Dead?’ by Mark Twain for the winter comedy. Kari Hatfield, associate professor of theater and director for ‘Is He Dead?’, said the play was a good fit for this particular season. “We’ve had a great season, but a lot of heavier material, so we wanted something that was very light-hearted,” she said. “It’s also a play not a lot
of people have heard of, which is a bonus.” Jonathan Steffins, freshman musical theater major from Tulsa, said the play stands out this season. “It’s the only comedy this season,” he said. “I think it’ll be a breath of fresh air for both the actors and the audience.” Jacob Alexander, junior acting major from Amarillo, said he liked the contrast of content between semesters. “It’s easy for a theater to get bogged down in a lot of dark material,” he said. “But one of the great things about theater is that while it can be a place
of learning and communication of new, harsh ideas, it’s also a place of great enjoyment - a time for people to come in and forget their troubles for a few hours and just have some fun with us.” Lauren Fertig, sophomore acting major from Mission, said that she thinks the goal of theater is to portray life truthfully. “Life isn’t all about our struggles,” she added. “It’s about our follies, and the hilarity of our follies.” ‘Is He Dead?’ follows Jean-Francois Millet, a non-fictional realist painter in the nineteenth century, in a fictional ac-
jarred schuetze Staff reporter
Caleb Pierce and Jonathan Steffins rehearse for the upcoming play written by Mark Twain. count of his struggle for his death and returning success. Millet, portrayed in the guise of his widby Alexander, decides to owed sister. increase the popularity see Theatre page 4 of his paintings by faking
Archibald seeks fourth mayoral term jc peeples staff reporter Mayoral elections are May 10, and Norm Archibald is seeking reelection by asking the people of Abilene to consider the Cedar Ridge Reservoir. Archibald served as ACU dean of students in the 1980s and as president of the Alumni Association. “I have been the mayor of this city since 2004,” Archibald said. Having served as
A b i l e n e ’s mayor for almost 10 years, Arch iba ld says he knows what needs to be Archibald done for his fourth mayoral term. He said Abilene needs to move forward with the Cedar Ridge Reservoir which will provide the city with water from the Brazos River. He has been working on this project since 2005 when he made
an agreement with the Brazos River Authority. Since then, he has applied for the water right permit through Texas Commission of Environmental Quality, and is waiting on the building permit from the US Army Core of Engineers. Abilene has three sources of water from Lake Ft. Phantom, Hubbard and Ivy. Lake Ivy is 44 feet below the spillway, and Lake Hubbard is seeing an all-time low. Archibald said that Abilene shares Lake Ivy and Hub-
bard with six other cities, and we cannot survive with the water from Lake Ft. Phantom alone. “It is a critical time to build a reservoir,” Archibald said. Mayor Archibald does not go unchallenged. Robert Briley has served as city council member for six years. He is also running for the city’s mayor. Briley has not returned our calls, but he told KRBC News that he was interested in job creation, and keeping Dyess Air Force base in Abilene.
Archibald said his opponent is missing the main issue in Abilene: the Cedar Ridge Reservoir. “Job creation and job retention are both very important, but we work on that year after year,” Archibald said. “We have reached the point where we have to work on the permits for the reservoir while still focusing on jobs creation and other issues in Abilene.” He said if we do not continue to work on the see mayor page 4
Faculty, staff open homes to foster children
maternity, foster care and adoption services. Slade Sullivan, general counsel of ACU, and Christian Homes and his wife, Dava Lynn, have Page 3 Family Services of worked with Christian Abilene, where some fac- Homes Ministry for sevulty and staff members eral years. have worked, are in need “We started working of more families to adopt with Christian Homes in and foster children. 2011,” said Sullivan. “We Christian Homes is a were at the point where Abilene nonprofit organi- we weren’t sure if we were zation that is dedicated to going to have any more Read more at building Christian fami- biological children, but acuoptimist.com lies through my wife still felt the pull
Dystanie Douglas Student reporter
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It was a great experience, and he really stole our hearts.”
Christian Homes only to provide care for transitional infants. After going through the training process with Christian homes, Sullivan and his slade sullivan wife realized that there ACU general counsel was a need for families to help care for children who had been abused, to give out that sense of neglected and removed passion and enthusiasm from their homes by Child she had to take care of Protective Services. kids.” “In April of 2012 we got Sullivan said they ini- a call from a case worker tially began working with about a four-month-old
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baby that was about to be released from the hospital,” said Sullivan. “We brought him home and we had him for six months. It was a great experience and he really stole our hearts.” Dr. David Kneip, assistant professor of church history and worship, participates with Christian Homes along with his wife. see homes page 4