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Two Loose Feet
vol. 101, no. 50
Theatre performing classic play for next two weekends
1 SECTION, 8 PAGES
wednesday, april 17, 2013
students’ association INSIDE OPINION The newly elected SA officers address ACU with guest columns
Elected officers preparing for terms josh garcia managing editor
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J.P. Ralston won the runoff for Students’ Association executive treasurer. Voting for president, vice president and treasurer took place Wednesday and Thursday. After tallying the results Thursday evening, Dylan Benac was declared SA’s next president, with Rodney Johnson securing the position of vice presi-
position in the initial election. Ralston received 558 votes; Eidson received 373 votes; and Goodman received 224 votes. To win, a candidate must earn more than 50 percent of the vote. Ralston earned 49.5 percent benac johnson of the vote, just short of vicdent. However, The election tory. of treasurer was too close to Ralston and Eidson call. squared off Friday in a runRalston, junior finance off. A total of 710 students major from Plano, ran voted. Eidson, sophomore against Tyler Eidson and see elections page 4 Karsten Goodman for the
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mandy lambright chieF Photographer J.P. Ralston, junior finance and accounting major from Plano, won Friday’s runoff election with more than 60 percent of the vote.
Nelson residents swap clothes, donate some of closets to charity
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Runners fear how Boston bombs will change sport
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NEWS Writing Center to host Write Nights Page 3
SPORTS
FUNDRAISING Student event raises more than $1,500 for Parkinson’s research
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Baseball team takes last 3 of 4-game series, 1 game behind first place in LSC Page 8
SPORTS Softball team sweeps 3-game series vs. Angelo State Page 7
asia todd design editor Annelise Hernandez, senior psychology major from El Paso, serves up pancakes at the ‘Pancakes for Parkinson’s’ event in Gardner Hall.
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NEWS Black students share their experiences as minorities Page 3
NEWS SAA receives awards for student advancement Page 3
Another “boys vs. girls” competition raised more than $1,500 for Parkinson’s disease research with breakfast food. On Thursday evening, about 250 students came through the Gardner West lobby to enjoy pancakes, live music and socializing with other students at the Pancakes for Parkinson’s fun-
draiser event, led by Addie Schmitz, sophomore youth and family ministry major from Grapevine. Residents from women’s residence halls competed against men’s halls to see which side could donate the most before the night was over. IHOP donated the pancakes, and student bands Jane and the Gentlemen and The Dogwoods performed. Addie’s father, Gary Schmitz, has fought Parkinson’s for 13 years and spoke
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about his gratitude and struggle with the disease. Addie, a resident assistant in Gardner Hall, said she is glad that ACU helped the researchers get closer to a cure. “It meant the world to me to see everyone wanting to help out and support it,” Addie said. “The place was packed within 15 minutes and I was crying tears of joy that that many people cared. It really inspired my dad and my parents got to see the ‘ACU difference.’”
Brandy Rains, also a Gardner RA, said it was touching to see how the disease has affected Addie and her family. “Being on Gardner’s staff with Addie made this event more than just donating to a good cause,” said Rains, junior art education major from Fort Worth. “I love seeing what the ACU community can do at events like this.”
ACU endurance athletes believe the bombing in Monday’s Boston Marathon has negatively changed the sport forever. Two blasts exploded near the finish line a little more than four hours into the race, sending the crowd and exhausted runners into a panic. The explosions killed three people, including an 8-year-old boy, and injured dozens more and caused major cities around the nation to heighten their security. Jonathan Martin, president of the ACU Triathlon Club, said race organizers
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The sport of marathon will never be the same.”
jonathan martin president of the triathlon club
will now have to tighten security. “Every race is going to have to prove their races are safe,” said Martin, junior biology major from San Antonio. “The sport of marathon will never be the same.” Drew Boles, a member in the Triathlon Club, ran the Austin Marathon in Febmid-March. A total of 30 sion I. handicapped seats were inScot Colley, executive di- ruary. He said he fears the stalled. rector of risk management bombings and the precauThe project would nor- and construction, was un- tions the organizers may take will discourage people mally have been completed available for interview. from participating. during the summer, but it “It’s already a hassle to would have interfered with contact garcia at cosmetic work being done jtg10b@acu.edu see boston page 3 for the transition to Divicontact smith at mds10a@acu.edu
Moody finishes wheelchair ramps
ONLINE NEWS Theatre chair chosen as director for New York festival acuoptimist.com
VIDEO ‘Footloose’ will entertain audience for two more weekends
ties Act of 1990, the project aimed to provide accessible managing editor seating for individuals with disabilities. ADA requires The construction project in that establishments, includMoody is now complete. ing universities, accommoAs part of ACU’s continu- date for disabled individuals ing efforts to comply with where feasible. the Americans with DisabiliConstruction began in
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health
Senior drops 100 with SRWC’s help cristina williamson student reporter
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In 47 weeks, Prentis McCarty, senior criminal justice major from Houston, reached a life changing weight loss goal of 100 pounds through the Royce and Pam Money Student Recreation and Wellness Center. McCarty’s challenge began
when a friend asked him to run a half marathon. Initially he hesitated, but through encouragement of friends McCarty finished the race. However, this mccarty was only the start. McCarty’s workouts started out slowly as he began to reach his
intended goal. He started out his program with the help of the SRWC staff by running for five minutes on treadmill at an average speed 3 times a week and then cycle for 10 minutes 2 times a week. “You have to start slow and progress each week, never give up once the pain comes,” he said. Each week McCarty pushed himself to run or cycle for another
minute longer. He became a vegetarian and began eating right and eventually added weights to his workout. As of Friday, McCarty has hit his goal of losing over 100 pounds in 47 weeks. He is planning on trying to loose another 10 pounds before his one year mark on May 14. see mccarty page 4
SING SONG
Co-chairs preparing for 2014 show of ‘love’ brock niederhofer student reporter flickr.com/acuoptimist
OXFORD Marissa Jones, our Oxford correspondent, details her latest experiences abroad theoxfordcommablog. wordpress.com
Although Sing Song only ended two months ago, new co-chairs for next year’s “What About Love?” show have already been selected and will be hard at work for the next several months. The new co-chairs for this coming year are Amanda Clary, junior accounting
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major from Denton; Ashley Crisp, sophomore communication disorders major from Dallas; Brady Johnson, junior multimedia major
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of last week,” said Mark Jackson, director of student organizations and programs. Co-chair interviews were open to all students. This year, 10 students apjohnson morgan plied and went through the from Round Rock and Zeke process of a 20-30 minute Morgan, sophomore psy- interview for each applichology major from Keller. cant. That list was narrowed “We had [co-chair in- down to four finalists. terviews] all last week, so “In recent times we’ve
Abilene Christian University
had anywhere from three to five co-chairs,” said Tom Craig, director of student activities and productions, “but the norm is typically four.” Jackson said the students who applied were asked several questions during their interviews about this coming year including “Why do you want to do see show page 4