Home Sick Football team loses first home game since 2009 vol. 101, no. 6
wednesday, september 12, 2012
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OPINION
Block plan to include summer melany cox online managing editor This semester marked the beginning of ACU’s new block tuition plan. The plan was announced to faculty, staff and students last fall and put into practice at the beginning of this school year. Kelly Young, chief financial officer, said most schools already use a block tuition plan. “The way we have done block tuition is to take the average number of hours
most students were taking to begin with in each semester, charge a block for those hours and provide a discount to students for buying in block, rather than charging by the hour at a more expensive rate,” Young said. He said ACU’s block tuition plan is unique in that it also applies during the summer. The annual block tuition plan provides students with incentive to, “take as many hours as they can, move through school and ultimately help them get through faster
and save money.” The annual block tuition plan allows full-time undergraduate students to take a minimum of 30 hours per year at one set price. However, undergraduate students can take up to 36 hours per year with no additional tuition costs. Block tuition covers fall and spring semester courses as well as online and residential summer courses. It also includes Study Abroad programs for the school year and summer. Young said the concept
of block tuition was well received. “We got very good feedback,” he said. Young said not all undergraduate students are on block tuition, but the ones not taking advantage of it would be primarily seniors who only need a few hours to graduate. Stacey McGee, associate chief financial officer, said ACU has a total of 3,631 undergraduate students. Of those students, 3,217 are on block tuition. McGee said the new plan
has benefitted the university budget’s planning. “It provides a more stable forecast for our budget,” McGee said. “So since it’s kind of one price for most of our full-time undergraduate students, it allows us to be able to forecast our revenue more accurately instead of that moving depending on what students take from semester to semester and what they take over the summer.” contact cox at mkc09b@acu.edu
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destiny hagood stafF Photographer Members of the SHADES step team perform during the block party, sponsored by the Office of Mutlicultural Enrichment at the Rec Center on Friday.
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OME aiming to increase visibility hotdogs and hamburgers while OME student orfeatures editor ganizations introduced their groups to those presThe Office of Multicultural ent. SHADES and SancEnrichment conducted tify dance groups pertheir second annual Block formed which spurred on Party where students were a large crowd to break out able to enjoy music and in dance after the perforconversation on the patio mance ended. of the Student Recreation Liz Chavez, senior psyand Wellness Center on chology major from San Friday evening. Antonio, is a student staff Throughout the eve- member of OME and said ning, students savored free they ended last year with a
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As the nation’s eyes remain fixed on the upcoming presidential elections, ACU students shift their attention to elections that don’t consist of Democrats or Republicans but of their fellow class members. Elections for class officers, building representatives and dorm representatives are being held today and Thursday in the Campus Center. Prospective candidates began by collecting signatures from their constituents. They were required to collect a certain number based on the percentages of the members of their constituencies to earn a place on the ballot. Candidates also attended a meeting to go over the rules they should follow when campaigning.
block party and decided to start off the new year with it as well so freshmen could learn about the groups involved with OME. “It brings everybody into a community type of setting,” Chavez said. “It’s low key and comfortable, something that everybody is used to… it’s the perfect opportunity for people to get together, meet the officers and feel relaxed.” OME, which supports
groups such as the Black Students’ Association, Hispanos Unidos, Virtuous Sisterhood, SHADES and Sanctify, is working to increase its visibility on campus so students are more aware of its services, Chavez said. “We’re trying to increase the retention of our minority students, because a lot of them are students who have been dropping out of ACU in the
past,” Chavez said. “We want to create community and a bond for the students so they know that they are in a safe place; it offers a family and a sense of belonging.” Kholo Theledi, family studies, sociology and gerontology major from Pretoria, South Africa, is involved in Virtuous Sisterhood and International see ome page 7
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Psychology professor Dr. Richard Beck is pushing for an equal involvement of women in his church and in Churches of Christ in general. Beck, chair of the Department of Psychology, authored a post on his blog, Experimental Theology, titled “A Letter for Highland on Women’s Roles,” highlighting the differences between his view and the church’s practice on the issue. Beck attends Highland Church of Christ, where women participate in worship more than at most Churches of Christ but are not allowed to
lief and continue to be a member at Highland. “I decided to stay at Highland but still live at peace with my conscience on this issue,” Beck said. “I didn’t want to just let this fester inside of me, and I didn’t want to leave the church, so I needed to find a middle ground. This way I can stay, but still feel comfortable about my disagreement with its beliefs.” destiny hagood stafF Photographer Since 2003, women at Dr. Richard Beck, chair of the Department of Psychology, decided he Highland have served on will not serve in positions a woman would be excluded from at Highland the worship team, taught Church of Christ. He made the decision public on his blog, Experimental adult Bible classes, lead Theology, last month. prayers and offered comserve in a preaching posi- participate in any activ- munion thoughts. But the tion or as elders. ity at Highland where church has stopped short Beck wrote on his blog women were not allowed of inviting women to two weeks ago that he was to participate. He said he preach or serve in church making public a decision decided this was the best leadership. from two years ago to not way to express his beMost Churches of
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Christ and some other Christian churches are even more restrictive of women’s roles, citing several Scriptures limiting the practice. For example, the Apostle Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 14:34, “Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the Law says.” Also, in 1 Timothy 2:12 Paul wrote, “I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.” Beck said his goal is not to protest or criticize the church, but to limit himself only to what any church member may be allowed to do. see beck page 7