Backyard Beating ‘Cats fumble away chance at victory
vol. 100, no. 8
wednesday, september 21, 2011
Sports page 8
1 SECTION, 8 PAGES
“
When people are full of compassion, they learn to accept what is not like them.” -Billy Curl, ACU TRUSTEE AND BOARD MEMBER
daniel gomez chief Photographer Billy Curl, ACU Trustee and board member, opens the 2011 Summit in Moody Coliseum, the theme being “Enough.” Curl incited discussion between Christians and non-believers on society’s view of the church in present day.
Curl opens Summit: ‘God has had enough’ mark smith managing editor Dr. Billy Curl opened Summit 2011 Sunday with an impassioned lecture emphasising that God has had enough of believers’ lack of passion to act out their faith. Curl said the most important thing he wanted listeners to take away from his speech was compassion. “When people are full of compassion, they learn to accept things that are not like them,” Curl said. “They are able to deal with people whose attitudes, culture, habits and beliefs are different.” Curl spoke from the biblical passage Isaiah 1:11-17, focusing on the importance of believers to being passionate for fulfilling the role of a Christian. “God is a god of second chances,” Curl said. “All of us - at one time or an-
other - have failed. He’s had enough with that stuff. Now he’s telling us to wake up and seek justice.” ACU chancellor Dr. Royce Money introduced Curl, an elder/minister at Crenshaw Church of Christ in Los Angeles, before large audiences in Moody Coliseum and in live streaming video online. Brady Bryce, director of ministry events, said Money and Curl had a relationship that goes way back. “It was great to watch Dr. Money welcome his own classmate from nearly 50 years ago to speak,” Bryce said. Curl entered Abilene in 1962 as the first AfricanAmerican student at the university. He graduated with a degree in speech pathology and spent ten years as a missionary in Ethiopia. Sunday was his second time as a speaker at Summit. “His philosophy is if you don’t stand for something
you’ll fall for anything,” Money said. “I guarantee you this man stands for something.” Bryce, overseer of Summit and adjunct professor, said the live streaming was special in that Curl’s church in Los Angeles was able to hear Curl’s address, along with other churches in California and Michigan. “It’s pretty amazing that so many people were here watching in Moody, but we also had a lot of online viewers from around the country,” Bryce said. Summit began Sunday evening and continues through Wednesday night. Some of the featured events on Wednesday include Max Lucado’s lecture at 3 p.m. and a concert by Mindy Smith at 8:30, both in Moody Coliseum. Summit will stream live at acu.edu/live. mandy lambright staff Photographer The Zambian Vocal group from Frisco led attendants of ACU’s 105th annual Summit lectureship in their own personal rendition of Amazing Grace to close out their musical performance in Moody Coliseum.
contact Smith at mds10a@acu.edu
obituary
Campus mourns loss of beloved art staff member hannah barnes editor-in-chief Beverly Rama, who served as an administrative coordinator and adviser and compassionate counselor to students in the Department of Art and Design for nearly a decade, died Sunday. She was 52. Jack Maxwell, former chair of the art department, worked with Rama for several years and reacted to her passing with
“a sense of deep loss.” “I have known no one in my life that was more gen- Rama erous and willing to help than Beverly and yet at the same time more humble and unassuming,” Maxwell said. Mike Wiggins, current chair of the department, said Rama’s favorite part of working in the art office was
talking with students. As administrative coordinator beginning in 2002, Beverly managed the art office. She was an academic adviser, a counselor and a friend to students and faculty. “Last spring as registration approached, student after student would sit with her asking all kinds of crazy questions,” Wiggins told students in the art department in an email. “Her patience, love and kindness in guiding you all through a stressful process
was amazing to hear.” Beverly Guyer Rama was born on June 17, 1959, in Neward, N.Y.. to Charles and Betty Guyer and was reared in the Northeast. She joined the Adventures in Missions Program in Lubbock, where she met Ronnie Rama, associate professor of art and design. The couple married on Aug. 20, 1982. They began their family in Lubbock, and moved to Montevideo, Uruguay, where they served on a missionary
“
Her patience, love and kindness in guiding you all through a stressful process was amazing to hear.”
Mike wiggins chair, department of art and design
team. They moved back to Lubbock in 2001 and to Abilene the following year to work for the university. In 2008, Beverly was diagnosed with cancer, and began a taxing treatment regimen. Family, students
and the ACU community supported her. Beverly Rama is survived by her husband, Ronnie, and three children, Anna Meg, Eric and Mandy. A memorial service took place Tuesday at Highland Church of Christ. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to a cancer treatment program or by contributing children’s books to a library. contact barnes at hab07a@acu.edu
inside features
opinion
photos
news
Chickens come home to roost in faculty member’s backyards
Read about the history of Summit and why it is still relevant
See photos from last week’s at Cowboy Stadium in Dallas
Russ Kirby named director of the Office of Multicultural Enrichment
page 6
page 5
Abilene Christian University
acuoptimist.com
page 4