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Dancing into the Sunset
vol. 101, no. 39
friday, february 22, 2013
Omega’s co-founder looks forward to group’s future after her graduation
1 SECTION, 8 PAGES
events INSIDE
Roundup to honor Smith’s passion
OPINION In the age of raunchy comedies, movies with substance prevail
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NEWS
jocelyn nederhoff
Church of Christaffiliated university creates LGBT scholarship
student reporter
adrian patenaude staff Photographer
Lindsey Lee Smith’s favorite pastime was country western dancing. To honor her love for two-stepping in her trademark red cowgirl boots, students have organized a benefit dance concert on Saturday in her honor. The Lindsey Lee Red Boot Roundup, from 8-10:30 p.m. in Bennett Gym, will allow students to participate in Smith’s passion of dance while raising money for the Lindsey Smith Scholarship Fund. Smith, 20, was killed in a head-on accident on TX36 on Jan. 25. She and five friends were headed to the Grand Ole Oplin dance hall for a night of two-stepping. “If Lindsey could dream up an event, this is what she would do,” said Anna Fullerton, junior psychology major from Garland and one of the event coordinators. “She would love this dance, and
ACU students crowd around a table at the Study Abroad fair to write notes to their friends studying abroad in Oxford, Montevideo and Germany.
see roundup page 4
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NEWS Students, production team preparing for FilmFest competiton Page 3
SPORTS
Women’s basketball reaches 20 wins on the year Page 8
SPORTS Athletics reaches deal with Adidas to sponsor all teams Page 8
NEWS COBA dean on postdoctoral fellowship away from campus Page 4
sing song
The man with 4 golds Senior reflects on 4 Sing Song wins as director
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gabi powell features editor
NEWS SA continues conference request funding acuoptimist.com
NEWS Instructor conducts smoking survey for dissertation acuoptimist.com
VIDEO Sing Song hosts, hostesses highlight fun of performing together
“The man with a plan.” That’s how classmates refer to senior family studies major from Plano, Nick Tatum. With the senior class’ win last Saturday, he is now “The man with four Sing Song golds.” However, before ACU, Nick Tatum never attended, much less heard of Sing Song. Tatum began his freshman year as a music major, but quickly changed to family studies. When the opportunity to interview for class director came around, Tatum found Sing Song could be a way he could still be involved with music.
“I did some research and realized that this was something I would enjoy doing,” he said. “I got some friends together to interview with the Sing Song co-chairs, and the rest is history.” In February 2010, the freshman class donned redcoats as the British Royal Guard, seen as the underdogs then. Even then, the Sing Song novices were confident in their act. Tatum said many of his fellow freshman participants would say practices were intense. “Being new to the Sing Song scene,” he said, “I wanted to make sure that our act was perfect in order to do well in the competition.” And then the class of 2013 won. Their victory was the first time a freshman class had won overall since 2006. But the winning did not end. The next year, the class won see tatum page 4
social clubs
ZP pledges get in, Pi Kappa still waiting “After we got in we took a ton of pictures, ate cupcakes and laughed with one another about our faZeta Rho has nine new vorite pledging moments,” members as of Wednes- said Jordan Dockery, sophday night. The girls’ club omore nursing major from brought their pledges San Antonio. into their sisterhood afLJ Hood, junior youth ter two and a half weeks and family and psycholof pledging. ogy major from Franklin, New and old members Tenn. and pledge mom for celebrated the growth of Zeta Rho, said “I’m excited their sisterhood through to see how they will bless reminiscing about pledg- their sisters and commuing. nity with their unique and
katie greene page 2 editor
acuoptimist.com
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Nick Tatum and the senior class celebrate their fourth straight Sing Song win.
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I’m excited to see how they will bless their sisters and community.”
“I’m excited to have someone pour into me and then I get to pour into people who come into Zeta Rho later,” Dockery said. Spring and fall pledging lj hood zeta rho pledge mom have allowed Zeta Rho to add to their number year round. awesome talents when “We feel like we are cathose combine with the pable of having the same talents of our members.” impact and intentionalDockery is looking for- ity in the spring as in the ward to the mentoring that fall, and we’re thankful for the other women in Zeta that,” Hood said. Rho can provide. Two men’s clubs, Pi
Kappa and Frater Sodalis, also participated in spring pledging. Nine Pi Kappa pledges are still waiting to get into the club and anticipate that to be soon. The Frats only had one spring pledge, Josh Walters, who got into club after about a week and a half of pledging.
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events
SAA to conduct auditions for SpringFest flickr.com/acuoptimist
OXFORD Marissa Jones, our Oxford correspondent, details her latest experiences abroad theoxfordcommablog. wordpress.com
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We are reaching out to all of the acts from last year.”
play for varying amounts of time. managing editor Last year, SpringFest featured seven bands, all of The Student Alumni Assowhich included at least one ciation is welcoming bands ACU student. Zack Morzack morgan to audition for this year’s senior biology major gan, SAA president, said he second annual SpringFest. from Keller would love to give groups Similar to JamFest in the the opportunity to play for fall, SpringFest is an event following Spring Break. SAA the student body. that occurs the weekend is looking for 6-12 bands to “We are reaching out
josh garcia
Abilene Christian University
to all of the acts from last year, in addition to the acts that auditioned to play at Jamfest, and the groups that played together during Freshman Follies,” said Morgan, senior biology major from Keller. “Additionally, we are looking for ways to get groups or individuals that we do not know of to
audition.” Auditions will begin Feb. 28 in Gym D of the Rec Center at 5 p.m. Interested performers can contact Morgan at zjm08a@acu.edu. “I’ll help them arrange a time in our interview schedule, and we will hear them see concert page 4