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SUMMIT

Summit incorporates contemporary theme “It’s one of the most contemporary themes Managing Editor ever,” Bryce said. “It Summit 2010 will run Sunday comes from two images. through Wednesday and will We are an alone people, focus on the way Christians and God has called us into interact as aliens in their own his magnificent light.”

The theme for this year’s world, said Dr. Brady Bryce, Summit is “Aliens and director of ministry events.

Jeff Craig

Light.” Bryce said inspiration for the theme is found in 1 Peter 2: 9-11, as well as the Tower of Light. He said he uses Bible readings and personal reflection to develop the theme each year.

“Each year I try to think of a theme that surfaces

from scripture,” Bryce said.

The lectures will have seven theme speakers and three featured guests. Bryce said the theme speakers will address issues drawn from the passage in 1 Peter, but the featured guests are free to speak on any topic. The

seven theme speakers are preachers from Churches of Christ across the nation, and they will speak either during Chapel on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday or from 7 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday in Moody Coliseum.

Throwdown Showdown

This year’s featured guests include a Methodist minister from Kansas, an awardwinning author and poet and a Christian activist. The featured speakers will deliver their messages at 3 p.m. see THEME page 4

CHAPEL

Summit Chapel credits capped Matthew Woodrow Opinion Editor

know if I have one favorite, but there are so many good ones.”

Craig said this year’s Follies has several great hall and specialty acts.

“The hall acts are guaranteed to make you laugh,” Craig said. “We got great soloists with amazing voices, and we have some amazing ensembles.”

Student teams help every aspect of follies run smoothly, and co-chairs direct the audition

Students learned through an e-mail of a change in the Chapel policy during next week’s Summit.

“While you are encouraged to attend as many of the Moody gatherings as possible, the maximum number of Forum credits you can earn is 10,” the email read.

Students can attend several events during the four-day Summit, which begins at 7 p.m. Sunday night. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday will feature forums at the usual 11 a.m.

Chapel time, and then at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.

While there would be more than 20 potential credits, the Board of Trustees decided to place a 10-credit cap on credits during Summit, Lewis said. It also limited the number of Chapel Forum credits available each semester to 20 .

Last year’s fall semester off 38 Chapel Forum credits and 71 regular Chapel credits, so that students could potentially meet the required 55 credits before fall break. In the spring there were 39 Forum credits and 73 Chapel credits available.

The Board of Trustees consulted with Jan Meyer, assistant dean of Leadership Development and

see FOLLIES page 4

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DANIEL GOMEZ // Chief Photographer

A freshman dance group performs during the final Freshman Follies dress rehearsal Thursday in Cullen Auditorium. Freshmen will perform the annual show once Friday night and three times on Saturday for parents, students and ACU visitors.

Freshmen to ‘Rock’ the stage as they begin Follies competition “The overall concept of the show is ‘we’re using everything God gave to be the best that Page Designer we can possibly be – top that,’” Craig said.

Secret judges will be in the audience at Freshmen are preparing for battle in the 2010 Parent’s Weekend production “ACU Rocks: A each performance, Craig said, and their inFreshman Follies Throwdown.” Judges will put will determine the winning acts.

This could prove a difficult task for the choose winners for the first time this year at judges. Brady Johnson, freshman mass comthe end of each show.

Tom Craig, director of student produc- munications major from Austin and a cotions, explained that the change in format chair for this year’s Freshman Follies, said goes well with the “throwdown” theme of he has several favorite acts.

“There are several,” Johnson said. “I don’t this year’s Follies.

Bailey Neal

RESEARCH

Student, faculty researchers create biodiesel from Bean’s leftover oil gallons of waste cooking oil from the Bean’s kitchen into Senior Reporter a giant plastic funnel.

While she does not mind Squeezed between bare stone walls ornamented with getting messy, the used oil external wiring and cobwebs, is tricky to work with, WhitRachel Whittaker, senior taker said.

“It’s really brown and biochemistry major from Cartersville, Ga., pumps 25 goopy and smells distinct-

Christianna Lewis

almost four pounds of potassium hydroxide.

Whittaker, along with Dr. Eric Hardegree, professor of chemistry, completed ACU’s first batch of biodiesel in June. Since see OIL page 4

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inside news Dr. Jeff Childers will discuss Christianity and Islam with a Muslim professor from the University of Houston during Summit. page 3

ly of French fries,” Whittaker said.

Whittaker is making a batch of biodiesel. A secluded shed on the ACU Rhoden Farm is her lab, and the frying oil is her reactant – along with seven gallons of methanol and

arts The Department of Art and Design is teaming up with CCC to build energy efficient houses in local neighborhoods. page 5

STACY ACTON // Staff Photographer

Dr. James Cook, professor of environmental sciences, pours biodiesel made from leftover French fry oil into a container.

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Friday

11:30 a.m. The Constitution of the United States will be read out loud near the GATA fountain to mark Constitution Day. 8 p.m. Freshman Follies in Cullen Auditorium

Saturday

1 p.m. Freshman Follies in Cullen Auditorium 3:15 p.m. Freshman Follies in Cullen Auditorium 6 p.m. Home football game against East Central University

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Sunday

7 p.m. Summit Opening Theme Conversation in Moody Coliseum with speaker Rick Atchley

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8:30 p.m. Summit Late Night Events around campus

Monday

11a.m. Summit Theme Conversation in Moody Coliseum with speaker Josh Ross 7 p.m. Summit Theme Conversation in Moody Coliseum with speaker Andy Wall

8 p.m. Freshman Follies in Cullen Auditorium

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announcements Sing Song host and hostess informational meeting will take place at 11:45 a.m. on Sept. 21 in Cullen Auditorium.

Meningitis shots are now available in the ACU clinic located in McKinzie Hall. Call (325) 674-2151 for more information.

LSTU will have an interest meeting from 5 p.m.-6 p.m.

Sept. 21 in the McGlothlin Campus Center.

FCA meets at 9 p.m. every Thursday in the living room of the McGlothlin Campus Center.

Summit, ACU’s fall lectureship conference, will be Sept. 19-22. Students may recieve up to 10 chapel credits for attending various events.

New Collegiate Cards are now avaliable in the Students’ Association office located downstairs in the McGlothlin Campus Center.

Table Tennis Club is looking for new members who will enjoy casual and ranked matches.

For more information, contact Benjamin Hayes at bph08a@acu.edu.

Crystal Jarell and Eric Schmidt will preform a concert at 8 p.m. Sept. 24 in the Recital Hall of the Williams Preforming Arts Center.

Freshman Follies: ACU Rocks! will take place at 8 p.m. Sept. 17 and 1 p.m., 3:15 p.m., and 8 p.m. Sept. 18 in Cullen Auditorium.

The Young Republicans and College Democrats will have a reading of the Constitution of the United States of America from 11:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Sept.

17 by the GATA Fountain.

Titanic, the fall homecomming musical, will show at 8 p.m. on Oct. 8-9 and 2 p.m.

Oct. 10 in the Abilene Civic Center. For ticketing information, call 325-647-2787 or visit acu.edu/theatre..

ACUltimate, the university’s ultimate frisbee club is meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Interested students can contact Kyle Thaxton at krt06d@acu. edu.

Samuel Cook will preform a concert at 8 p.m.

Sept. 30 in the Recital Hall of the Williams Preforming Arts Center.

Do your part to prevent theft. Always remember to lock up your phones and laptops and don’t leave them unattended in public.

Police Log

Edited for space Friday, Sept. 10 Tuesday, Sept. 7 7:31 a.m. Someone called to 9:26 a.m. Someone reported report that their truck had been they had either misplaced or burglarized. Subject(s) entered had their iPhone stolen from the vehicle and moved items the locker rooms at Moody around, but did not take any- Coliseum or The OnsteadPacker Biblical Studies Buildthing.

9:30 a.m. Someone reported ing. The case is still open. their mo-ped had been sto- 10:10 p.m. ACU Police relen from Smith-Adams Park- ceived reports of shots fired ing Lot. Officers searched in the area of the 700 block the area, but mo-ped did not of EN 12th. Officers searched locate the vehicle. The case the area and later determined fireworks were the source of is open.

2:48 p.m. ACU Police stopped the noise. a vehicle that was speeding on Campus Court. The vehicle Saturday, Sept. 11 was stopped, the driver was 7 p.m. Someone reported their identified, and a written warn- backpack had been stolen from the Teague Circle lawn ing was issued. in front of the Biblical Studies Building. The case is still Wednesday, Sept. 8 10 a.m. Abilene Police Depart- Open. ment reported a fire alarm at Nelson Hall. The Fire Depart- Sunday, Sept. 12 ment and ACU Police checked 1:28 a.m. ACU Police stopped Nelson Hall and could not find a vehicle speeding in the 2100 block of Campus Court. The a fire. The alarm was reset.

2:38 p.m. ACU Police assisted driver was identified and reAbilene Police at the Allsups ceived a verbal warning. on Hwy 351 with a disturbance in progress. Officers identified Monday, Sept. 13 the subject and issued a crimi- 9:04 a.m. ACU Police responded to an unknown trouble nal trespass warning.

4:20 a.m. Someone reported alarm at Anytime Fitness on that their iPhone had been EN 10th Street. When officers stolen from Powell Fitness arrived they discerned it was a medical call and the appropriCenter. The case is still open. ate agencies were notified.

3:40 p.m. Someone reported Thursday, Sept. 9 12:02 a.m. Someone reported their bike had been stolen from that their iPhone had been sto- University Park Apartments. len from the Bean. The phone The case is still open. was recovered and returned to Report all suspicious activity the owner. to the ACU Police Department at (325) 674-2305.

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volunteer opportunities The Optimist Club is looking for volunteers for their annual Big Country Balloon Fest hot air balloon event Sept.

24 - Sept. 26 at Redbud Park off Buffalo Gap Road (behind Southern Hills Church of Christ).

Volunteers are needed for four-hour shifts to help with many fun activities.

Contact Patsy Williams at 325-695-5654 or e-mail bcballoonfest@afo.net.

Disability Resources, Inc. needs volunteers from 10 a.m. until dusk Monday - Saturday and 1p.m. until dusk Sundays Sept. 29 - Oct. 31 to help with its annual Pumpkin Patch. Volunteers will help sell pumpkins, read at story time in the children’s area, and assist with children’s games.

Contact Jo Ann Wilson at 325-677-6825, ext.

2003 or e-mail joannwilson66@sbcglobal.com.

Jane Long Elementary School wants volunteers for their Fall Festival 3:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. on Oct. 14 to help with decorations, air castles, cake walk, food booths, etc. Contact Nina Leija at 325-6714920, ext. 8937 or e-mail nina.leija@abileneisd.org.

Mesa Spring Healthcare Center needs volunteers from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. any day of the week to help with providing fun activities for the residents, including playing a musical instrument to calling bingo and sitting and talking with them.

Any help is appreciated.

Please contact Laura Reynolds at (325)6928080 or lgreynolds@searsmethodist.com.

Ortiz Elementary School Library would like volunteers Monday - Friday to help check in and shelve books, and help with

some special projects.

Contact Nancy Hartline at 325-671-4945.

Day Nursery of Abilene needs volunteers to help with their annual Putt Fore Children Miniature Golf Tournament from 8 a.m.

- 2 p.m. on Oct. 2 at Prime Time Family Entertainment Center. Contact Sheila Cory at 325-673-1110 or e-mail scory@daynurseryabilene. org.

Meals on Wheels needs volunteers to deliver noon meals to seniors and adults with disabilities. Routes are available 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Monday - Friday. Volunteers must be at least 18, with a valid driver’s license, auto insurance and a desire to serve. Training is provided.

Students may be exempted from one Chapel per week if delivery time conflicts with chapel. Contact Elizabeth Rodgers at erodgers@mealsonwheelsplus.com.

CAMPUS NEWS

September 17, 2010

STUDENT LIFE

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Freshman Action Council selects new members Jozie Sands Online Editor

Forty-three students have been selected for the Freshman Action Council, after more than 90 students applied for the positions.

Aaron Andrew, senior information systems major from Amarillo, said that choosing the 43 students to serve on the council was hard because all applicants were highly qualified. This is Andrew’s third year to sit as a co-chair for the FAC.

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“Out of more than 90 applicants we didn’t have a single one that we thought would let us down,” said Andrew.

Hailey Clinton, junior advertising and public relations major from Keller, is another of the five upperclassmen who serve as co-chairs for the FAC. FAC is like a student council, said Clinton. The 43 students in the council organize activities, but all freshmen are encouraged to participate. It is not a social club, but it gives fresh-

thing attainable, the responsibility tends to not We would like to see FAC get taken because there be more useful to are so many people,” Anthe student body. drew said. “We hope to see AARON ANDREW // senior information people stay involved, and systems major from Amarillo. we would like to see FAC Beginning this year, the be more useful to the stumen many of the options that social clubs offer up- FAC is required to conduct dent body.”

FAC leads a devotional one smaller event and one perclassmen.

“It’s the one thing that’s for community service event for freshmen every Thursfreshmen and not for anyone each month, along with day night. A time has not yet else,” said Clinton. “It’s great larger events like weekly been set, but it will be adverto have a community your devotionals, freshman so- tised when it is decided.

In addition to the Thursfreshman year, someone to cial in the fall and freshday night devotionals, FAC be involved with in all aspects, man formal in the spring.

“If we don’t provide conducts a service project and like community service, felsome kind of goal, some- a social event each month. lowship and everything.”

Past community service projects have included fundraising for Abilene charities, helping with services in communities around ACU and preparing medications to send to medical missions in Zambia.

The monthly social events have not been set for the year, but some of the ideas include a slipand-slide, ice-cream social, skate night, movie night and paint war. contact Sands at

jgs07a@acu.edu

SUMMIT

Fair-Weather Fun

Theatre to host one-act play Marissa Ferguson

Contributing Reporter

DANIEL GOMEZ // Chief Photographer

The midway at the West Texas Fair and Rodeo features rides, games and funnel cakes. The fair runs through Sept. 18.

SUMMIT

Summit to feature interfaith dialogue Linda Bailey Editor in Chief

Dr. Jeff Childers, associate professor of Bible, missions and ministry, will share the stage with a Muslim during the Summit lecture, “Just Three Questions.”

Dr. Ibrahim Sumer, professor of religion at the University of Houston, will join Childers at 10 a.m. Monday in the Chapel on the Hill for a discussion of the Christian and Islamic faiths.

During the conversation, Childers will pose three questions to Sumer about what Christians would want to know about Islam, and Sumer will do the same with questions Muslims have about Christians.

“It’s not a debate. We won’t be attacking each other or trying to prove each other wrong,” Childers said. “What we hope to do is model starting points for conversations that Christians and Muslims were to have together.”

Brady Bryce, director of ministry events, said the idea for the conversation came after he met Sumer while traveling through Turkey with Childers and other ACU faculty in December.

Childers said Sumer is a member of the Institute of Interfaith Dialogue. The organization includes people from many backgrounds, but Childers said it’s primarily a Muslim institute for the purpose of furthering education and creating dialogue and understanding. He said

it sponsors events that allow intercultural and inter-religious exchange and conversation to occur, which is the reason Sumer went to Turkey with the ACU group.

During and after the trip, Bryce said faculty engaged in deep discussions about Islam and Christianity, and he decided to bring those conversations to a pubic venue.

“A student has a chance to sit down and listen to someone who is not a Muslim who has become a Christian, but who is speaking from their faith,” Bryce said. “That’s more challenging. They will ask harder questions and probe us to think about our own faith and our own view of God in ways we haven’t before.”

Childers said his questions would focus on what Islam actually says about Jesus, present hard questions about Islam and violence and terrorism, and explore what it’s like for Muslims living in America.

Sumer said his questions would be about the role of “deeds” in salvation. Specifically, he will ask why, if faith is the only basis for salvation, so many divisions exist in Christianity. He will also bring tough questions about why, despite fundamental values of love and forgiveness, Christians played such a large role in events like the Crusades, colonization efforts and world wars.

Both speakers said they chose questions after asking people of the same faith what

they would want to know about the other religion.

Sumer said he hopes people will learn how to make connections across religions.

Similarly, Childers said he hopes people will learn how to treat others who may disagree with their religion.

“I hope they’ll see it’s possible for two people to disagree respectfully, and that that’s a better starting point than attacking one another from a distance,” Childers said. “I hope they’ll want to go have a conversations like this one with someone.”

Sumer will also lead “Jesus and Muhammad” with Lynn Mitchell, who teaches with Sumer at Houston. contact Bailey at

ljb07a@acu.edu

SUMMIT

Shuttle service available for Summit drivers plenty of parking for faculty, staff, students and Page 2 Editor visitors – although the Despite an influx of visi- spots may not be as close tors during next week’s as some students are acSummit, there will still be customed to.

Alan Cherry

Lieutenant H.E. Jenkins of the ACU Police Department said the police were making no special plans to block off parking lots or regulate traffic flow like they do with other events like Sing Song.

“Traffic during Summit is not really a problem, because there are events all over campus in different places,” Jenkins said.

Jenkins said there would be ample parking, even if it is not conveniently located. There are around 4,500 parking spots on the ACU campus, and only about 2,700 vehicles with registered permits.

“We have plenty of spaces because students

will be moving in and out during the day,” Jenkins said. “We would like students to plan ahead and think about their plans for the day so they can get places on time.”

While the ACU Police will still enforce parking violations, they will ease up on ticketing non-permitted vehicles and vehicles parked in the wrong lots. However, Jenkins stressed the ACU Police will still be heavily enforcing handicapped parking violations and maintaining clear fire-lanes.

Although traffic is not normally a problem during Summit, this year presents a unique challenge because of the vari-

ous construction projects around campus.

ACU Police are optimistic, but Brady Bryce, director of ministry events, is wisely preparing for the worst and encouraging students to find alternatives to driving.

“It’s a good week for students to walk,” said Bryce.

The Campus Events team will offer a shuttle service for visitors who choose to help alleviate traffic congestion by parking farther away or off campus.

Shuttle locations can be found on the ACU website at www.acu.edu/academics/cbs/centers-services/ ministryevents/summit.

After four years in the making, the play Thom Pain (Based on Nothing) will remount one last time in honor of this year’s Summit.

Emily Rankin, senior theatre major from Abilene and the play’s director, began studying the play her freshman year. After enlisting Jerry Mendl, senior musical theatre major from Abilene, she decided to direct the play with Mendl as Thom Pain.

“The actor and myself put it on last year in January, and it went really well, so we were asked to perform at Summit,” Rankin said. “It’s a bit different for us by preparing ourselves, but we’re happy to have ACU graciously hosting us.”

Mendl said students will enjoy the show because it’s not the average production.

“One of the wonderful things is that it’s interactive with the audience. The audience is the other character,” Mendl said. “If it were just me trying to entertain, it would just be boring, so there’s many things that keep the show electric.

What keeps the show alive is the audience.”

Written by the contemporary American playwright Will Eno, the play – a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama – is simply Pain’s rambling monologue about his hardships as he struggles to come to terms with his faith and identity.

Rankin said she hoped the audience would find the play particularly relevant.

“The show speaks a lot to the problems that college students tend to deal with, like loneliness, regret and hope,” Rankin said. “It has this amazing and unique ability to show pain as not only a destructive force, but also as a healing force and something that can bring people together.”

Portraying a character that represents the lowest of lows, Mendl said it’s his character that inspires him the most.

“Thom has been through so much, and a lot of it has been his own fault,” Mendl said. “This show addresses life and how we’re not going to sugarcoat it. It tells that even in struggle, life is so worth living.”

The play will run at 8:30 p.m. Monday in Fulks Theatre, free of charge.

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FROM THE FRONT

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September 17, 2010

SUMMIT

Theme: Claiborne to speak at Summit Continued from page 1

Monday to Wednesday in Moody Coliseum.

James Bryan Smith, Monday’s featured speaker, is an assistant professor of religion at Friends University, where he serves as the director of the Christian Spiritual Formation Institute. He has also written several books about spiritual formation.

Bryce said Smith, although not well-known by students, will be well-received when he delivers his message.

“He will bring a practitioners and good public speakers approach,” Bryce said.

“He will talk about being apprentices to Jesus.”

Tuesday’s featured guest Kathleen Norris was scheduled to speak at Summit last year, but was unable to attend because of the death of her mother. Norris has authored several awardwinning books, including her most recent work, Acedia and Me: A Marriage, Monks and a Writers Life, which examines the sin of slothfulness in Christianity.

On Wednesday, Summit attendees will hear from Shane Claiborne, a Christian author and activist.

Claiborne is the author of several works, including Jesus for President and The Irresistible Revolution.

Claiborne’s book Follow Me to Freedom, co-authored

with fellow Summit speaker John Perkins, was the common reading assignment for this year’s freshman class.

“Shane Claiborne brings a prophetic edge to Summit,” Bryce said. “He is one that holds our feet to the fire to hear and believe the words of Jesus. He will challenge you in a humble, simple and unorthodox way that gently nudges you to be a better person.”

Claiborne advocates a simpler life and addresses issues of social justice. While some of Claiborne’s ideas may seem controversial, Bryce believes that should not prevent students from hearing what he has to say.

“Almost anybody you lis-

ten to is controversial. If not, quick facts you are listening to someone you agree with or not listen- Summit 2010 will feature seven theme speakers and three featured guests. Each of the speakers will ing at all,” Bryce said. “Con- present his or her message in Moody Coliseum. troversy is not something to Theme Speakers be afraid of – it’s something to engage.”

Amy Morris, freshman n Rick Atchley, Sunday 7-8:15 p.m. accounting and finance n Josh Ross, Monday 11-11:50 a.m. major from Sugarland, said n Andy Wall, Monday 7-8:15 p.m. she appreciates Claiborne’s n Reg Cox, Tuesday 11-11:50 a.m. heart for ministry, but ques- n Tyson Moore. Tuesday 7-8:15 p.m. tions the feasibility of some n Charlton Taylor, Wednesday 11-11:50 a.m. of his ideas. n Eddie Sharp, Wednesday 7-8:15 p.m.

“I have a lot of respect for him. He has a really good Featured Guests heart and a good ministry,” Morris said. “ But there is a n James Bryan Smith, Monday 3 p.m. certain impracticality to a lot n Kathleen Norris, Tuesday 3 p.m. that he says.” n Shane Claiborne, Wednesday 7-8:15 p.m. contact Craig at

jrc07d@acu.edu

RESEARCH

STUDENT LIFE

Oil: Students create biodiesel Follies: Freshmen Continued from page 1

then, they have produced about 55 gallons of fuel.

“This project has probably been three years in the making,” Hardegree said. “We’re now at the stage where we can make about as much biodiesel as the Bean can produce.”

Dr. James Cooke, professor of agricultural and environmental sciences, has been collaborating with the Department of Chemistry and Food Services on this project for years, Hardegree said.

Having tested the biodiesel to ensure that it meets industry standards, ACU has cleared the fuel to be tested in an old John Deere Gator – the green cart often used by the landscaping crew, Cooke said. The Gator could be running on a blend of 10 percent biodiesel with petroleum diesel as soon as next week.

The only thing Cooke is waiting for now is signage for the Gator to promote the sustainable energy project.

Hardegree said if this biodiesel blend passes the first engine test, he will slowly increase its percentage. He hopes to put 100 percent biodiesel into the Gator by summer.

Hardegree’s goal is to convert all of the Bean’s waste oil into biodiesel that can be used in the tractors on Rhoden Farm.

This first attempt to generate sustainable energy has the potential to benefit both the university and the environment, Hardegree said.

“It gives out a very low amount of soot compared to normal diesel,” Hardegree said. “It’s environmentally responsible and removes the disposal fee for the waste oil.”

In addition to putting together the most efficient “recipe” for making the biofuel, Hardegree and Whittaker are working on reusing their own waste.

Right now they are producing about 20-22 gallons of biodiesel from 25 gallons of oil, not including the other chemicals used in the process, Hardegree said.

team up for acts Continued from page 1

STACY ACTON // Staff Photographer

Dr. Eric Hardegree, professor of chemistry and biochemistry experiments with a batch of biodiesel on Wednesday.

Hardegree and Whittaker are finding ways to retrieve the unreacted oil and chemicals to reuse or convert into biofuel through other means, Hardegree said.

“This is a small project that will make a small dif-

ference in waste material and economics in ACU,” Hardegree said. “We’re not trying to fuel the world here, we’re just trying to close the loop.” contact Lewis at

cll09a@acu.edu

process for the acts, Craig explained.

“Freshmen have to audition for the smaller specialty acts. Some people are chosen for individual acts and others are combined for ensembles,” Craig said.

“It is hard to imagine what it takes to make Follies work,” Craig said.

“Student teams behind the scenes help coordinate the traffic flow. The backstage area is way too small for the number of students in the show, so they camp out elsewhere; then student teams get them to Cullen in a rotation format where they are on stage at all the right times.”

Johnson said that for him and his co-chairs, directing the busyness is part of what makes his job fun.

“My favorite part is getting everything together

and being able to see what we have in mind as our goal, and then doing everything we can to make sure that that goal comes true; to see the end result and know that we are a big part of making this thing roll,” Johnson said.

Johnson’s parents are among many who will be visiting ACU for Parent’s Weekend and Freshman Follies.

“I told them that I got one of the three leadership positions in charge of the whole show,” Johnson said. “They were excited to see the show and see what would come of it.”

“I had done several things like this during high school,” Johnson continued. “This opportunity came up, and I thought it would be a good thing to do to get involved and meet new people, and it’s worked out so far.” contact Neal at

bmn07a@acu.edu

SUMMIT

Cap: Credit limit creates room for more forums 2,000 to 2,500 students,” Lewis said. “But it tapers off as the semester goes director of the Center for on til that final Monday, Christian Service, Leader- and we only have 300 to ship and Student Life, and 350 in attendance.”

When Chapel Forums Mark Lewis, assistant dean for Spiritual Life and Cha- were first offered in 2003, pel programs, during the there was some skeptiMay meeting. Many ex- cism about the potential pressed concern over the benefits and worry that gradual decline in Chapel Forums would detract from the community and goers in recent years.

“The first Monday of fellowship fostered in the the school year we have 11 a.m. Chapel sessions, Continued from page 1

Lewis said. But after reviewing end-of-the-year Chapel surveys students completed, he said the Board of Trustees voted to keep the Forums.

“Chapel Forums have grown over the past couple of years from 2003 when there was a 12 Chapel limit to the Forums,” Lewis said. “More groups are given the opportunity to minister during the Forums that students really

care about. Groups like Invisible Children and Eternal Threads. All sorts of things.”

“Another benefit is for a lot of students it’s a much better environment than the rush to get to Chapel after class, and then the rush to leave and get to lunch,” Lewis added.

The 10-credit cap is unwelcome news for some students who work during Chapel and rely on

Forums like Summit to get the credits they need.

“I guess they’re encouraging people to go to regular Chapel, but I miss at least two Chapels a week since I work,” said Sarah Smith, junior biochemistry major from Wiggins, Colo. “I was kind of relying on Summit to get my 48 credits. That’s only seven less than others have to get, so it’s going to be kind of difficult.”

The Chapel Office is aware of the problems some students face with working and fulfilling their credit requirements.

Lewis encouraged students to speak with him and the Chapel Office, and ask professors with classes at 11:45 a.m. to be a little more flexible during Summit. contact Woodrow at

mrw08a@acu.edu

STUDENT LIFE

Highland hires new pulpit minister Kelsi Williamson Arts Editor

Highland Church of Christ appointed Jonathan Storment as the congregation’s 10th preaching minister last month, ending a yearlong search after Mike Cope joined Heartbeat Ministries full-time last fall.

Lindsey Seufferlein. sophomore English major from Cedar Rapids, Mich., began attending Highland last fall just before the congregation started looking for a new minister. The search allowed her to better see what the church was and where it was headed – a progression Storment also wants to move forward, she said.

“He’s one of those people not content with the status quo,” Seufferlein said.

Storment graduated with an undergraduate degree in Bible from Harding University in 2003. He worked as a teaching minister at Jacksonville Church of Christ in Jacksonville, Ark., and joined the Highland staff after serving as the associate preaching minister at The Hills Church of Christ in Fort Worth for three years. Storment also gained experience at The Hills serving as a young adult minster and a college minister.

“I think it takes someone really special to relate to so many different age

groups,” Seufferlein said.

“That’s definitely one of his gifts.”

Storment is finishing his master’s degree in Christian ministry at ACU. He says he has an interest in helping to raise up young preachers studying and living in Abilene.

“This is a strategic location where people are trying to figure out who they are and who God is calling them to be and I would like to be a part of that,” Storment said.

He added that he felt called to serve at Highland because its definition of church is not limited to only serving church members on Sunday mornings.

“I never saw church as a place where you just come and spend one hour of your week. One of the things that drew me to Highland was that was not how they understood church either,” Storment said.

Rather, Storment describes Highland as a place of blessing from which to send people out.

“In my opinion, Highland is a kingdom outpost that exists for the people that aren’t a part of her.,” Storment said. “The general sense of Highland is to be a place where we can bless and equip and let contact Williamson at

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Arts

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A new kind of project Kelsi Williamson

i

Arts Editor

magine living in a neighborhood with people you care about and people who care about you. Imagine sitting on your front porch as the light begins to dim and the temperature starts to drop in the early evening hours, chatting with friends and watching as the neighborhood kids scramble up and down slides at the park across the street. Imagine falling asleep knowing there will be no energy bill for a house that stays cool during the summer and warm during the winter.

This is the image Connecting Caring Communities executive director Brad Carter envisions for the North Park neighborhood in Abilene.

The vision began in 2003, when CCC started working in the North Park area between Hardin Simmons University and I-20.

According to statistics provided by the Abilene Reporter News, crime offenses in the North Park Neighborhood were reduced by half from 2005 to 2008. Carter said reduction in crime over the past seven years is directly related to the relationships CCC has formed with North Park neighbors, the 400,000 pounds of trash they have hauled from the area, and their Friendship House, which offers after-daycare activities.

“Now we see neighbors who really are caring for each other,” Carter said. “It’s really about breaking down isolation for people to come together.”

The next step in completing the North Park vision came in 2008 when the Dodge Jones Foundation donated a block of land to CCC for a mixed-income housing development.

The benefits of mixed-income housing do not lie within the structures themselves, but within the lasting community these buildings foster. Carter said creating bonds between people of different social classes is one way to produce the type of capital that moves people out of poverty.

“It opens up a world of understanding middle class rules,” Carter said.

With plans to build 10 sustainable and energy-efficient homes – four available to qualifying low to moderate income families and the other six available to homebuyers of any income level – Carter and developers hope the North Park Development Project can bridge the gap between disparate economic levels in Abilene.

After several of assistant professor of art and design Brandon Young’s pre-architecture students presented design layouts for the NPDP, one was chosen as the final plan in fall 2008. Young and his students have provided CCC with a constant stream of ideas for the development project since it began. The classes have also volunteered manual labor on a regular basis.

“Class designs have played a role with how I come back and talk with the designer,” Carter said.

Ultimately, the ideas contrived in Young’s classes benefit both CCC and ACU interior design and pre-architecture students.

“The work our students have done has been good preparation for a solution to be found,” said Young. “When you draw something on the page it means you have to build it. Hopefully [seeing it] will make them better designers.”

The innovative concepts used by architectural and design contractor Universal Design Consortium Inc. also provide students the chance to learn about an alternative building style uncommon in current regional building methods.

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Construction for the first of the 10 homes that will eventually comprise CCCs mixed-income housing project in the North Park Neighborhood is underway.

FRIDAY Freshman Follies: ACU Rocks!

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SUNDAY Iron Pour 8:30-9:30 p.m.

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Broadway Music Performance: Longing for Glory 8:30-9:30 p.m.

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Steven Booker, senior accounting major from Houston, and Bethany Hunter, junior family studies major from Robinson, work together to stack compressed earth blocks, the basic building components for the energyefficient homes in the North Park Development Project.

“This is a completely different design of a house,” said Melanie Bartholomew, junior interior design major from San Antonio. “It was really nice seeing something sustainable going up that can also be low-cost for the families that live there.”

UDC combines old and new methods of construction in an attempt to build completely energy-efficient homes with nonelectrical heating and cooling capabilities. Although innovative, the company is applying design concepts that have been in place for centuries.

“Building out of earthen construction is something that has been done on every continent for thousands of years,” said NPDP site manager, Blake Smith.

Builders compress soil from the Abilene area to form the basic composition of the houses. A compressed earth block (CEB) machine can make up to 5,000 blocks a day, the equivalent of a 1,200 square foot house. CEBs are both cost-efficient to make because they are comprised from local resources and cost-efficient to maintain because they are a phasechange material.

“They act as a heat sink,” Young said. “When the sun beats down on the walls they absorb heat. When temperatures drop, that heat will dissipate.”

This results in a structure that can operate with an average electrical reduction of up to 65 percent and a water consumption reduction of 90 percent as compared with a traditional stick-frame home, according to the UDC website.

Although CEBs are still a rare building method in the United States and mixed-income housing is a relatively new concept, Carter said the true innovation behind the NPDP lies in the synthesis of energy efficiency and affordability, which ultimately creates sustainability.

“Sustainability implies more than lowering bills,” Smith said.

“It also has social implications.

We want to provide the setting for human interactions to occur.”

These social implications – and the desire for deep and intentional interactions that first prompted CCC’s work in North Park – remain the focus as the completion of the first home is set for sometime in November.

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Film Screening: Trouble the Water 4:00-5:30 p.m.

Cullen Auditorium

Thom Pain (Based on Nothing) 8:30-9:30 p.m.

Fulks Theatre

WEDNESDAY Derek Webb Concert 8:30-10:00 p.m.

Moody Coliseum

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EDITORIAL

September 17, 2010

Credit cap shapes spiritual community As the 104th Summit is about to begin, many upperclassman are curious, if not angry, about the 10 credit cap on Chapel Forums.

Even though 10 credits is less than half of the potential number a student could receive by attending the Forums, the limitations are a good idea for the overall Summit experience.

The Chapel Office has striven to provide speakers and discussions throughout the year that pique student interest.

As evidence by the turnout for TOMS founder

Blake Mycoskie and a full amphitheater for Randy Harris, students are going along with it.

The purpose of Chapel is not simply to let students earn their 55 required attendances, but also to come together as a community to edify God. With the 10-credit cap, students who are merely going to Chapel to fulfill obligations won’t be as inclined to attend every event. This creates more room for students who are genuinely interested in the topics being discussed.

The speakers for this year’s Summit have been chosen not only for their accomplishments but also for what they can tell young college students about how to impact the world today.

At the end of every semester the Chapel Office asks students to fill out surveys about how to improve or change the Chapel process – and the office does read them. Mark Lewis, assistant dean for Spiritual Life and Chapel Programs (more commonly known as the “Cha-

pel Guy”) has a passion for creating an environment filled with great speakers and themes that students can identify with.

“Chapel’s an ongoing thing – ever growing and evolving just as culture is growing.” Lewis said. “The content stays the same because we’re discussing God. But as the world changes, the way we present Him and discuss His word has to adapt.”

If the Chapel planning office is putting so much effort into creating a community specifically for

the issue

Students attending Summit Forums are only able to receive a total of 10 chapel credits.

our take

The 10 credit cap will encourage students who are generally interested in the speaker to attend. college-aged students to glorify God, we can put forth a little effort to go along with it. The loss of those 13 credits isn’t going to hamper anyone’s ability to meet the 55 minimum requirements.

If undergraduates are truly interested in every Forum that is being held,

contact the Optimist at

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COLUMN

By Morgan Davis

The Funny Funnies

they are more than welcome and very much encouraged to attend. One of the goals of Chapel is to create a desire to learn and listen – and that is exactly what this 10 credit cap is doing.

Christians falter at inconviences Homeskool Validictorian

power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes.”

In Romans 1:8, he applauds Christians in Rome, whose faith was “being reported all over the world.” Rome was regarded as the epicenter of the pagan world, yet its Christians were hailed as faithful servants.

Then in 2 Timothy 1:8, Paul, imprisoned for his faith, reminds his friend Timothy that he should not be ashamed of Jesus or those who proclaim his name: “So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord, or ashamed of me his prisoner. But join with

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COLUMN

GPS creates misguided reliance Irony and Whine

By Kelsi Williamson

It doesn’t matter how accurate and simple the directions. It doesn’t matter how crisp and colorful the map is on the screen.

It doesn’t even matter how attractive the announcer’s accent is.

I hate GPS systems.

More acWilliamson curately, I loathe and despise these little computers now infecting our car consoles.

Is this an unfair attack on what is actually a helpful and non-threatening technology?

No. Rather, it is a worthy defense of basic human rights, for the GPS has robbed the human race of all natural directional instincts. If you can follow me without your TOMTOM, keep reading.

All seems right when

In light of the conseyou first choose to obey gone, or wrong (really, it the Australian accent does happen), you might quences, I would rather reverberating through feel incomplete, anxious not live at the mercy of your car speakers. That and unsure without that my GPS. I would rather smooth voice speaks with suave bark of orders fill- choose the marked road such authority and confi- ing your ears. You become for myself, browse the dence that turning left and switching lanes appears nothing more With your God-given instincts than the obvious stripped away, the GPS not only choice. But obvious quickly condemands your full obedience, it flicts with reality if punishes you for anything less than (and when) roads perfection. end and lanes merge.

The truth is that Mr. Down-under some- a lost puppy in a sea of paper atlas until I joyoustimes doesn’t realize that asphalt, construction and ly and triumphantly find my location and head in he is directing you into angry drivers.

With your God-given the correct direction. a lake or onto an imagiDon’t fall victim to the nary highway, and yet instincts stripped away, his charm can carry you the GPS not only demands lie that the GPS is a kind mindlessly into an abrupt your full obedience, it assistance to your navipunishes anything less gation ventures. Don’t let conundrum.

“The voice” can be than perfection. Panic the GPS tell you what to compared to any other quickly leaks out of the think. Choose GPS indeaddiction. Once depen- air conditioning vents pendence and you might dent, even in innocence, when you miss an exit still get lost, but at least it it is quite difficult to and the voice coldly re- won’t be in the middle of find freedom again. The peats, “Turn around,” or a large body of water. purposes of maps, street “You are off-track,” or signs and directions all any other number of horfall to the wayside with rible reminders of your contact Williamson at the GPS. And so when it is incompetence. kkw07a@acu.edu

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Why are we ashamed of Jesus?

We romanticize the idea of ourselves exhibiting a strong and courageous f a i t h , ready and willing to defend all that Craig we stand for at any moment.

Unfortunately, our faith is all too often defined by “Apostle Peter” moments – falling short before the rooster crows.

Earlier this We romanticize the summer I overidea of ourselves heard someone exhibiting a strong say the most vile and disand courageous gusting thing faith, ready and about Jesus willing to defend all I could have ever imagined. that we stand for at His words were any moment. shocking.

I was appalled.

I wanted to say something, I wanted to tell him his me in suffering for the words were hurtful and gospel, by the power of inappropriate – but God.” I don’t want to be lockjaw set in. Under intense social pressure I ashamed of Jesus. But am I? Are we ashamed of kept silent.

Should I have said Jesus? Is it cliché to be a something, or would Christian?

After all, I don’t think a comment have furthered his belief that Paul would say the faith Christians are self-righ- of our nation is echoing teous and judgmental? throughout the globe.

I was convinced that I know he wouldn’t say saying nothing was the I’m proclaiming my faith to the masses. right call.

Paul defended his The next day a daily devotional gave me one faith to the point of inof those “spiritual black carceration – and ultieyes” preachers often mately death. We often talk about. It quoted Ro- stop at the point of inmans 1:16, in which the convenience.

Apostle Paul discusses defending the faith: “I am not ashamed of the contact Craig at jrc07d@acu.edu gospel, because it is the

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FROM SPORTS

September 17, 2010

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VOLLEYBALL

Home: Wildcats urge fans to “purple out” Continued from page 8

honored for their outstanding play last weekend for going 4-0 in the St. Edwards Invitational.

Allen brought home the LSC Offensive Player of the Week. She hit .304 with 38 kills and had two doubledoubles during the tournament to earn all-Tournament MVP honors. Hines earned the LSC Defensive Player of the Week with her 18 blocks during the weekend. The LSC Setter of the Week went to Moronu, who recorded 149 assists in her four games over the weekend. She also made the all-tournament team.

The win against Angelo gives the Wildcats a 7-2 record for the season, but they will be tested in their home opener Saturday. The

undefeated Tarleton State University TexAnns (9-0) will visit Moody Coliseum to try and extend their record start to the season. This is the first time in Tarleton history that their volleyball team has started 9-0.

“We’ve been preparing for this game for two years,” said junior libero Kelsie Edwards. “They have a great team, obviously, and we’re really good as well. It’s going to be a great match-up.”

Edwards isn’t the only Wildcat who is thrilled about playing at home for the first time.

“We’re really excited about this opportunity and game,” said senior Ijeoma Moronu. “We’ve had a great week of practice and we feel like we’re really prepared.”

Last year the Wildcats got the best of the TexAnns, beating them 3-1 at home in the season finale. ACU has beaten Tarleton three out of the last four years, and hopes to do so again this weekend. The volleyball team is encouraging fans to all wear purple in support of the team.

“It’s a purple out, and our fans are always great supporters,” said Edwards. “The purple will definitely help us out.”

The Wildcats know the stakes are high for so early in the season, but they love a home atmosphere and appreciate their fans.

“It’s our first home game, and I know our fans will have our back,” Moronu said. contact Gwin at

agg07a@acu.edu

DANIEL GOMEZ // Chief Photographer

The Wildcat volleyball team celebrates after scoring a point during practice.

FOOTBALL

FOOTBALL

Swipe: Policy changes Shotwell: ACU comes home after strong start Continued from page 8

not expect much of a change from years past.

“I wouldn’t even call the new system we have set up a change, but more of just a minor revision. If you think about it, students in previous years still had to show their ID cards to the gatekeepers, and now all they’re doing is sliding their cards into portable card readers instead of flashing them to the ticket staff, “ Houser said.

Brad Schultz, a junior political science major from Franklin, Tenn., agreed that the new system is not a major change and will not affect his atten-

dance at football games.

“Whenever I go to football games, I’ve always had to show my ID to whoever was manning the front gate anyways, and this is no different than that,” Schultz said. “People are still going to come to the games no matter how you check in.”

Houser also mentioned that this new system will also address a flaw in previous systems. Normally, anyone who graduated from ACU and still had an ID card could simply show it upon entrance and get in for free. In reality, free admission only applies to current students and those with university affiliations.

“We didn’t want to have a person who graduated in 2000 and has had their student ID for the last ten years to get into the games for free anymore,” Houser said. “This new ticketing system is a way to regulate that.”

Shotwell employees will be stationed at the middle entrance gate with card scanners. As they would in Chapel, students will need to find an employee and slide their cards through the scanners.

contact Cantrell

jrc07f@acu.edu

Division II in passing yards allowed, with over 327 per Wrenn holding down the game. Gates had his second longest touchdown of the safety spot.

Gale has yet to throw season against East Central an interception or com- last season, with a 54-yard mit a turnover this sea- bomb from Gale.

The Wildcats will have son, and the Wildcats will need another spotless a good opportunity to see performance from him how Darryl Richardson rethis week to avoid giving covers from an injury he an opportunistic defense suffered last week at Northeastern. Richardson left the any chances.

Wide receiver Edmund game in the first quarter Gates and company should and returned briefly in the find success in the passing second before leaving the game – if the Wildcats can game for good at halftime.

Even if Richardson canavoid turnovers. The Tigers are the fifth worst team in not go, Darryl Cantu-HarContinued from page 8

kless and newcomer Charcandrick West should fill in nicely against a defense that allows over 150 yards per game on the ground.

Cantu-Harkless blew by the Northeastern defense for an 82-yard touchdown last week and West had 15 yards on five carries in his debut for the Wildcats.

ACU looks to make it to 3-0 for the third straight season Saturday. Kickoff is at 6 p.m. in Shotwell Stadium.

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Standings FOOTBALL Team

Div.

Ovrl.

ACU Angelo St. MSU Tarleton TAMU-K WTAMU UIW ENMU E. Central

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

2-0 2-0 2-0 0-2 2-0 1-1 0-2 1-2 0-2

VOLLEYBALL Team

Div.

ACU 1-0 WTAMU 0-0 Tarleton St. 0-0 TAMU-K 0-0 MSU 0-0 Angelo St. 0-1

Ovrl.

7-2 4-4 9-0 2-6 4-4 3-6

FOOTBALL

Sports

September 17, 2010

Home awaits fourth ranked ’Cats Brandon Tripp

Sports Media Director

The Wildcats will be at home for the first time this season after taking their show on the road in weeks one and two.

“It’ll be great out at Shotwell. It’s supposed to be a great weather night; it will be really great to be back home,” said head coach Chris Thomsen.

The East Central Tigers roll into town on Saturday to face ACU for the third time in as many seasons in a Lone Star Conference crossover game. The Wild-

cats have won the last two meetings by blowout margins of 66-7 in 2008 and 43-6 in 2009.

Quarterback Mitchell Gale made his first start against this team last season in the 43-6 victory. Gale threw for 300 yards and three touchdowns in his collegiate debut – and has not relinquished the starting role since.

The key to another victory for ACU, both in the season and this series, is another stout defensive performance from the Wildcats.

After a shaky start in week one against Wash-

burn University, the secondary for the Wildcats turned up the heat against Northeastern University, allowing just 112 yards through the air against two all-LSC North receivers. ACU will face another test this week with the Tigers’ Zach Patteson, another all-LSC North receiver. Patteson has led the Tigers in receiving in both of their games this season. He has totaled 13 catches for 175 yards and a touchdown.

East Central’s struggles on the offensive line should play into the hands of the

Wildcats. Despite returning four of five starters from a year ago, the Tigers have given up five sacks in just two games, four last week against Texas A&MKingsville. Pre-Season LSC Defensive Player of the Year Aston Whiteside got his first and second sacks of the season and should have opportunities for more this week.

“They will definitely be improved from last season,” said linebacker Kevin Washington.

Offensively, Mitchell Gale and the rest of the ACU offense will have their hands full. The Tigers

were impressive last week against Texas A&M-Kingsville, despite giving up 450 yards of offense. ECU won the turnover battle by forcing four interceptions, three by Javelinas quarterback Nate Poppell.

Cornerback Dontae Smith grabbed LSC North Defensive Player of the Week honors this week for his role in the pick fest in Ada, Okla. Smith had two interceptions and led the team in tackles. The Tigers also have 2009-second team all-LSC Player Norris see SHOTWELL page 7

WOMEN’S SOCCER Team Div. Ovrl.

ACU Angelo St. MSU WTAMU Cen. Okla.

E. Central ENMU NE St.

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

3-0-0 2-1-1 4-1-0 3-1-0 2-2-0 4-0-0 1-3-0 3-0-1

Briefs n ACU

soccer beat Dallas Baptist 2-1 last night thanks to a game winning goal by Andrea Carpenter in the 58th minute. She leads the team with 5 goals on the year.

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in Abilene. 98.1 The Ticket will now be airing several shows, including the Scott Van Pelt show, The Herd with Colin Cowherd, and the Dallas Cowboy games live.

DANIEL GOMEZ// Chief Photographer

Aston Whiteside (2) and Richard Havens (29) carry the Texas flag and lead the Wildcats onto the field last week against Northeastern State in Tahlequah, Okla. Lead by the defense and special teams, the Wildcats dominated the Riverhawks with a 43-13 victory. The ’Cats will try to extend their perfect start to the season Saturday.

FOOTBALL

Upcoming of the Wildcats spring sports will be making their home openers this Saturday. The football, soccer and volleyball teams will all play on Saturday at different times so fans can attend all three events.

Women’s soccer will take on Florida Southern College at 11 a.m. at the Wildcat Soccer Pitch.

The volleyball women will play Tarleton at 2 p.m. in Moody Coliseum. Football will take the field at 6 p.m. at Shotwell Stadium.

The Wildcats will face-off against East Central for their first Lone Star Conference game of the year.

Swipe required at Shotwell Wildcats on par

n Three

Ex-Factor n Bernard

Scott and the Cincinnati Bengals will take on the Baltimore Ravens At noon Sunday. Scott will back-up starting running back Cedric Benson.

n Johnny

Knox and Danieal Manning will also be in action Sunday. They will be traveling back to Texas to take on the Dallas Cowboys in the new Cowboy Stadium.

Gametime is at noon.

Manning should return kicks again this week and start at safety, while Knox is set to start at receiver.

GOLF

Bryson Shake

Assistant Sports Editor

There is a new system in place for the thousands of ACU students, faculty and guests who will attend home football games this year. The purpose of this change: keep a record of game attendance and have a list of fans who get in free on Saturdays at Shotwell Stadium.

Effective tomorrow at the Wildcats’ first home football game against East Central University, anyone with a campus or family ID card will be required to swipe his or her card upon entering to limit the number of fans admitted into the stadium for free.

Shotwell Stadium staff employees will be posted at the main entrance gate on the home side of the stadium carrying portable

card readers. ACU fans and anyone who has previously attended a game for free will be required to swipe an ACU ID card when entering the stadium.

John Houser, assistant director of athletics and in charge of marketing, ticketing and advertising for all ACU athletics, said those who faithfully attend home games should see SWIPE page 7

VOLLEYBALL

ACU hammers Angelo Austin Gwin

Assistant Sports Editor

The Wildcat volleyball team started its conference season started with a bang, hammering the Angelo State Rambelles 3-0 in Angelo on Tuesday.

ACU maintained the momentum of a five-game win streak coming into the match and was never threatened, winning the three games at 25-17, 2515 and 25-19. Hitting percentage told the story with the Wildcats never hitting below .241 in the match, while the Rambelles never hit better than .083.

Leading the spike fest were seniors, Jennie Hutt and Jordan Schilling, who posted nine and eight kills respectively. Senior Shawna Hines also had an excellent match for the Wildcats, getting seven kills and six blocks. Her

DANIEL GOMEZ// Chief Photographer

Caley Johnson (left) and Cambra Hughes go up for a block. half-dozen blocks in the match put her only six blocks behind second place on ACU’s all-time blocks record. Hines currently sits at 494 blocks in her stellar ACU career, but is still almost 200 blocks behind ACU’s all time leader, Linda Evans.

This past week the Wildcats were honored for their hot start to this season by sweeping the Lone Star Conference Player of the Week awards. Kalynne Allen, Ijeoma Moronu, and Shawna Hines were see Home page 7

for the season Ryan Cantrell

Assistant Sports Editor

The Wildcat golf team finished second out of 18 teams in the Charles Coody West Texas Intercollegiate at the Diamondback Golf Club Tuesday afternoon.

The University of Central Oklahoma Bronchos shot four strokes better than the Wildcats on the final day to win the tournament.

The Bronchos trailed ACU by a stroke entering the final day of tournament play. However, a final round of 281 led the Bronchos to a four shot victory over the Wildcats. ACU finished the tournament at six under, while UCO won the tournament shooting nine under.

“We were winning by one after the first day, then the second day we didn’t play bad, but nobody played great,” Alex Carpenter said. “We were kind of disappointed we didn’t win because it was at our home course, but we have the first tournament under our belt, and we are taking away the positives and looking ahead to our next tournament in Lawton, Oklahoma.”

Midwestern State made a push on the final day, shooting 10 under to finish three under for the tournament and third overall.

The Wildcats had two individuals place in the top 10. Cyril Bouniol shot a combined two-day score of 139, earning him eighth

overall in the tournament.

Bouniol finished one stroke better than ACU teammate Trey Sullivan, who finished tied for ninth overall.

“I think we did pretty good. We did a lot better than last year,” Bouniol said. “Some of the freshman showed that they can play good golf, which is key for the team and their confidence.”

Alex Carpenter shot a 141 total finishing 15th overall, and Tyler Sheppard finished tied for 17th shooting a 142 overall.

Texas Wesleyan standout Zach Monson won the individual tournament outright shooting an opening round score of 66 and second round score of 68.

The Wildcats are looking to have a promising season this year. Alex Carpenter won the Southern Amateur Championship this summer, and both Carpenter and Tyler Sheppard qualified and competed in the U.S. Amateur Championship. Sheppard advanced to the knockout round in the tournament before being knocked out in the round of 32. The Wildcats are also returning the individual Division II National Champion from last year in Bouniol.

The Wildcats will travel to Cameron to compete in the Cameron University Invitational, Sept. 27 – 28. contact Cantrell at

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