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Take the stage vol. 102, no. 49
friday, april 04, 2014
Omega seeks to fuse dance, worship
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Student-led recycling campaign launched
INSIDE SPORTS Women’s tennis takes on two Southland Conference teams
jesse harper student reporter
“The 16 [finalists] have another round of interviews and then an audition where they tweet and instrgram about their lives for four days,” she said. “After that, they will make their final decision.” Wood said she wants to be a part of #lifeonthehill because she sees the chance to give future students a clearer picture of college life. “I want prospective students to get a glimpse of the awesome experience they will have if they choose ACU,” Wood said.
A group classroom project transformed in to a recycling campaign that is receiving positive feedback from students. Professor Jim Cooke assigned the Environmental and Technological Science class a group project that required students to find an issue in the environment, create a proposal to decrease the issue and put it in to action. Christina Solomon, freshman history pre-law major from Chicago, Kelsey Maple, freshman English major from Kemah, Victoria Cortez, junior accounting major from San Antonio and Fabiola Vargas, freshman psychology major from Carthage, Mo., picked the topic of recycling on campus. Maple said she helped write the majority of the petition and that it had to address several problems in a short summary. “The petition had to be able to support several aspects of recycling in a brief description,” Maple said. “I wanted to stress the idea of as Christians it’s our responsibility to keep order, lead by example and preserve the environment the best way possible.” Solomon said she handled a majority of the meetings and phone calls to spread the word of the petition and gain student and staff support. “Getting the support from groups such as the ACU Students’ Association was a big accomplishment of ours,” Solomon said. “It’s definitely a small step, but it will definitely lead to bigger things in the future.” The group recently took a tour of the Abilene recycling center to better understand the process of recycling at a more complex level. Cortez said that the information they learned aided the construction of the petition. “The trip to the recycling center really made our group understand the process of recycling a lot better,” Cortez said. “We realized, as a group, that it would be an important task to take on but definitely worth informing and involving the students and staff on campus.” The recycling petition will be available to sign at a date that has not yet been announced. Solomon and Maple said they are trying to introduce the petition on Earth Day in the Campus Center. “People seldom realize how important recycling is to the earth,” Maple said. “We only have one earth and it is our responsibility to sustain it the best we can.”
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NEWS Best-seller Author Eric Metaxas will visit campus and speak in Chapel Page 3
OPINION The Editorial Board endorses candidates for SA president, vice president and treasurer
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dawne meeks ACU theatre director
NEWS Students organize upcoming prayer day to commemorate losses and tragedies Page 3
SPORTS ACU baseball prepares to take on the Lamar Cardinals this weekend
Mikayla Tipps, sophomore musical theatre major from Amarillo, and Rachel Faulkner, senior theatre major from Camby, Ind., rehearse for ACU theatre’s newest show “The Glass Menagerie.” The show will be performed April 10 -12.
Upcoming play explores memory Theatre department begins rehearsals for “The Glass Menagerie” james eldred staff reporter The ACU Theatre Department began rehearsals Tuesday for “The Glass Menagerie”, a powerful memory play that continues the season’s
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tommy evans Track prepares for difficult test in Lubbock against big Texas schools Page 6
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has some kind of social disorder,” Tipps said. “She’s described time and time again as being extremely shy.” The play follows the Wingfield family through the attempt to find a “gentleman caller” for Laura, and the difficulties and tragedies the family brings with them. Laura’s brother, Tom, plays a pivotal role in the search for a suitor, Tipps said. “The way the story goes, see glass page 3
16 called back for media campaign student reporter
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theme of exploring the intricacies of relationships. The play will come to the stage April 10-12 and 24-26 at 7:30 p.m. Dawne Meeks, associate professor of theatre, said the play fulfills a dream to direct a work by
Tennessee Williams. “His writing is so incredibly poetic,” she said. “He understood family dynamics in terms of creating honest characters that are truly multidimensional.” Mikayla Tipps, sophomore musical theatre major from Amarillo, portrays Laura Wingfield, a nervous young woman who suffers a limp from a disease earlier in life. “Many people today would also say that Laura
Enrollment Marketing has selected 16 students to callback for their social media campaign #lifeonthehill. More than 50 students applied for six positions in a social experiment put together by Enrollment Marketing. #lifeonthehill will follow students’ lives over social media as a marketing tool to show prospective students what life is like as a student at ACU. According to the #lifeonthehill website, the project’s goals are to “show the authentic, everyday life of a col-
lege student at ACU through their lens, provide a venue for prospective students to interact with current students and to increase ACU’s social media visibility with prospective students.” Brantly Houston, a junior advertising and public relations major from Abilene was one of the students selected for callbacks. Houston said he thinks the program can give an authentic look into the life of a student at ACU. “They want it to be authentic,” he said. “So for example, they know that sometimes we’ll be sitting in a class that sucks and we’ll tweet about it. They don’t
want to censor that. I think it can really give students a glimpse of what it’s like to be a student here.” Houston said the initial interview process, while professional in nature, was relaxed and focused on getting to know the candidates. “They really wanted to get to know us better,” he said. “I felt like I could just be myself for the interview and that was great.” Alikay Wood, a junior English major from Sacramento, Calif., is another finalist for the project and said the process ahead consists of another interview and a social media audition.
Speakers selected for 2014 Summit denzil lim student reporter The Summit committee did not waste time in organizing Summit fall 2014, beginning preparations last summer. The coming Summit will feature famed speakers ranging from an episcopal priest, Gilbert T. Rowe professor from Duke University and a young documentary producer. Summit 2014 is themed “Earthed: Discovering Our
Origin in God.” Earthed will focus on the narrative of Genesis. The theme emphasizes the beginning of life and its origin from God as portrayed by the title, Earthed. The word represents how God works through His creation and promises to bless all humanity through one group of people. Brady Bryce, director of ministry events, has coordinated Summit since 2007. “It is about the earthed nature of God’s creative work in his promises,” Bryce said.
“The other part of earthed is that there were a lot of earthy stories. There are some difficult and troubling stories about people that are in Genesis that help us reflect on our own lives and how we might live in light of God’s word.” Bryce said themes are usually planned 10 years in advance. “Right now I have probably about six or eight years out,” he said.
Abilene Christian University
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SUMMIT 2014 SPEAKERS Don Mclaughlin Pulpit minister from North Atlanta Church of Christ, Atlanta, Ga.
Sam Gonzalez Campus minister, Oak Hills Church– Outer West Campus, San Antonio
Lawrence Murray Assistant professor of Pyschology & Family Studies/ Liberal Arts from Okla.
Randy Harris Instuctor of Bible, missions and ministry
Sam Barrington Pastor from Living Stones Church, South Bend, Ind.