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Cats and Dogs ACU prepares to play HBU Huskies vol. 102, no. 53
friday, april 25, 2014
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Tuition to increase nearly 4 percent
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marissa jones
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editor in chief
ACU Theatre presents a free opera, Susannah
Though tuition will increase 3.88 percent next year, it is the smallest percentage increase in more than 15 years. The 2014-2015 year’s tuition will increase by $1,100, from $28,350 to $29,450. Meal prices will not be increased.
This continues a trend from last year’s increase of 5.9 percent which also was the smallest increase in fifteen years. Compared to Baylor and TCU’s nearly 6 percent increase and almost 5 percent increase at Harding and Lipscomb, Dr. Allison Garrett, vice president of the university, said she is pleased with the university’s efforts to
make ACU a viable option for students. “We work to keep ACU affordable without compromising on the quality of education,” Garrett said. Kevin Campbell, chief enrollment officer, said the university tries to set the price of tuition earlier in the year. They began last May. “The no. 1 factor for pricing is how students are
responding to the current price,” Campbell said. “We base it upon what we’re hearing from our students and try to control costs for our current students, and find where we feel like is a right and appropriate balance.” The university’s pricing model for the next several years will likely continue this way – with more increases around 3 - 5 percent with the
annual block tuition model, Campbell said. “Even though no one wants a price increase, this plan actually helps us accomplish our goals as an institution which is to to save students cost on their degree and to reduce the amount of time to graduate which will help bring down student see tuition page 3
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OPINION Though swimming and sleeping are important parts of summer, the Editorial Board reminds students to not waste those months
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SPORTS Women’s tennis travels to Omaha for final matches of the year
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RUSH
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NEWS Anthony Williams runs for his fifth term for Abilene City Council Page 3
SPORTS Corbin Renner finishes third in Southland Conference golf tournament Page 8
Deanna romero chief photographer
Top left: Reilly Cox, sophomore graphic design major from Austin, gives chicken to a student rushing at the Trojan event. Top right: Sigma Theta Chi members act out skits at their “Camp Siggie” event in front of a crowd of rushes. Bottom: Trojans share fried chicken and a game of dodgeball with rushes on Thursday.
The fight against cyber-crimes After phishing attempts, ACU increases awareness of potential cyber-attacks
NEWS The annual Red Thread fashion show will raise funds for its fifth year Page 3
OPINION Marissa Jones writes about her ongoing hunt for an internship Page 4
ONLINE VIDEO Watch the JMC Newscast for an update on the latest news on campus
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denzil lim student reporter Doug Mendenhall, instructor of journalism and mass communication, checks his email every night before shutting his laptop and going to bed, not expecting any form of danger to threaten the safety of his home. However, without his knowledge, a surge of data has begun to transmit from his ACU Banner account.
Thousands of data bytes of valuable information have been accessed by foreign entities. In a matter of minutes, Mendenhall’s hard-earned salary had been transferred to an out-of-state account. “They went in and changed my direct deposit information to a bank that’s in Tennessee. I had never heard of it before,” Mendenhall said. The hackers were quick and f lawless. Before Mendenhall could real-
ize something had gone wrong, they were in and out faster than any physical robbery. ACU’s decision to become a more tech-savvy campus has allowed the university to provide information faster than people can keep up with. With just with the swipe of a screen or a scan of a code, anyone with a connection to the Internet is capable of feats that individuals in the 90s could only dream of. Improvement in the cyber world contributes to society, but many have begun to take advantage of its capabilities. Like the suspicious van on the corner of the street, an email with a link asking the user
to step in for a moment may not be as safe as one would think. The rise in availability of all kinds of technology at the university
through the internet. The threat of more hackers sneaking their way into ACU’s servers through phishing emails has caused the university to increase awareness about They went in and changed cyber crimes. Rerouting Money to my direct deposit informaOut-of-State Banks tion to a bank that’s in In November 2013, evTennessee.” ery ACU email account received a notice to click doug mendenhall on a link that began an instructor of journalism cyberspace and mass communication organized, attack. After the first encounter with suspicious has put ACU on a better messages, some individupath toward higher edu- als who opened the webcation. Though the cam- page lost personal inforpus is a safe place with mation. However, by Dec. little crime, the techno- 3, six ACU employees had logically-filled campus their salary rerouted to unknowingly gave crimisee cyber page 3 nals a route onto campus
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Students must purchase iPads for courses tommy evans student reporter Unlike in past years when mobile devices were distributed to students, students must purchase their own iPads for several courses that will require students to own an iPad in the fall 2014 semester. This includes all incoming freshman; and upperclassmen may be required to purchase one as well. According to an email sent out by Dr. Robert
Rhodes, provost, many 100-level courses will require the iPad as an instructional tool. The iPads will allow teachers and students to collaborate more easily in the classroom and give them the opportunity to utilize apps to enhance learning. Some of the courses include Life and Teachings of Jesus, Cornerstone and Quantitative Reasoning. “We have chosen to lead the way in pursuing the future of learning, because we know our stu-
dents will live and work in a world that doesn’t yet exist,” Rhodes said. This is the second action in ACU’s mobile learning effort, following the 2008 Mobile Learning Initiative, which issued students iPhones for classroom use. This, paired with the AT&T Learning Studio and awarding faculty Mobile Learning Research Fellowships, has allowed ACU to be at the forefront of mobile learning innovation. Morgan Mosley, soph-
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omore nutrition major from Coppell, said the iPads will add to the learning capabilities of students and benefit classroom interaction between classmates and faculty. “I think it will enrich the classroom by providing hands-on learning for the students,” Mosley said. “Some classes will also have the textbooks available for the iPad and this will make the students more resourceful.” According to an Office of the Provost web-
page, students enrolled in courses in fall of 2014 marked with a “(T)” are tablet-designated courses and will require an iPad or an iPad mini. The iPads are available for purchase in the Campus Store but may be purchased from any retailer. They can be charged to a student account as long as the student is enrolled in a tablet-designated course. contact the optimist at jmcnetwork@acu.edu