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Nailed it vol. 102, no. 14
Wednesday, october 9, 2013
1 SECTION, 8 PAGES
Andrea Carpenter continues to impress on the pitch
Student cyclist hit by vehicle
INSIDE NEWS The education building now houses a snack shack Page 3
staff report
FEATURES W.A.N.A. raises awareness about eating disorders
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NEWS The 24-hour FilmFest received one submission on time Page 3
OPINION The editorial board discusses why social clubs should be given more leeway
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ON AND OFF THE
COURT
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Guard Harrison Hawkins, junior from Long Beach, Cali., hams it up for the camera as the men’s basketball team participates in a service project with Habitat for Humanity.
OPINION Gabi Powell explains why the Christmas season has gotten out of hand Page 6
ACU’s basketball team spends Saturday helping community Matt SLoan Sports director
SPORTS Matt Sloan explains why October is the best month for sports Page 8
NEWS ACU’s Weekend Campaigns plan for student-lead mission trips Page 3
SPORTS
The men’s basketball team will soon be spending their Saturday’s on the court in ACU’s inaugural Div. I season, but last Saturday they helped build a house for Habitat for Humanity. The Wildcats have a dozen new players entering the ACU fold this season. Head coach Joe Golding and his staff have used the new faces as an opportunity to build community with their
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All students, faculty and staff will have to change their myACU password by Oct. 1. Passwords that have not been changed by the end of the month will automatically be deactivated. Evan Young, information technology communication officer, said changing the myACU password is for the safety of the system users. ACU recently conducted an
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community. Last month, the team distributed 150 meals to homeless and lower-income families with the help of Love and Care Ministries. “This helps the community, which is awesome,” Wentz said. “I feel like it is going to put things in perspective for see habitat page 7
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internal audit to assess ways the department on campus may improve. One of the recommendations for IT included having students, staff and alumni to change login passwords every 90 to 180 days. “Changing passwords this often is very common at other institutes as well,” Young said. Young said some of the ACU community has experienced some phishing attempts. Phishing is an attempt to retrieve valuable information from someone, such as date of birth, social
security number or credit/ debit card information. This can be accomplished through emails, websites, false login pages and other electronic media that appears to be trustworthy. Young said a few people have contacted the Helpdesk about the inconvenience of changing their password but Young said he has been working with IT to make the transition as safe as possible and prevent any malicious software, hackers and other threats to the
technology at ACU. The password change was set for October to coincide with cybersecurity awareness month. “It is important for the ACU community to realize how serious and important cybersecurity is,” Young said. Shalaina Lakey, senior special education major from Hamlin, said the password change is a hassle for her and others. “I have had my password for years and it’s a bit unsettling that I have to change it
now,” she said. “When people decide what their password is going to be it is often something that is unforgettable, and now I feel like I have to remember something all over again.” Each new password should include a minimum of eight characters and either a capital letter, a lowercase letter, a number or a special character. contact the optimist at optimist@acu.edu
University to offer master’s in education Eric Terrazas
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tice that Friday, but the players are already bonding on and off the court. “This is a great group of guys,” sophomore guard Parker Wentz said. “I think we are already bonding pretty well. Just getting to know these guys and getting to know their hearts and who they are as [people] has been awesome. Coach has been saying ‘change’ for a while and I think this group of guys is ready to do that.” This is not the first time that the men’s basketball team has gotten involved in the Abilene
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ACU football team took on Pitt. State and came up short 28-20 on Saturday
players while also serving the community. “I feel like it is good to give back,” junior guard Rafael Farley said. “Any time we can give back to someone who needs help that’s awesome. It is good to get out here together and do some hard work together and help the community all at the same time.” Last Saturday, the ACU basketball team could be seen with shovels in hand, moving mulch while most students were sleeping. The team just finished up their first week of prac-
It is good to get out here together and do some hard work together and help the community all at the same time. ”
Sophomore David Norwood was hit by a vehicle while cycling across the intersection of Campus Court and EN 16th Street, sending him to the hospital Monday morning. Around 8:00 a.m. a SUV hit Norwood, a nursing major from Rockwall, causing him to fly off the bicycle, said Sydney Wooton, eyewitness and junior social work major from Uvalde. “I was walking to class. I hear a horn honk and looked up. I saw the car hit him. He flew off his bike and shot forward,” Wooton said. “I was worried he had landed on his head, so I ran over to check on him.” The cyclist said he didn’t feel he had injured his head, back or neck, Wooton said. Lt. Randy Motz of the ACU Police Department said Norwood was conscious and breathing. “He complained of his hip hurting but all things considered didn’t seem to be in critical condition,” said Motz. “They took him by ambulance to Hendrick to get his hip checked.” A woman who was driving her children to school was traveling East towards Judge Ely Blvd., didn’t see Norwood coming across the crosswalk in front of University Church of Christ, Motz said. “She hit him and knocked him quite a distance,” he said. Norwood was wearing a backpack full of books which helped break his fall. Norwood was released from Hendrick Hospital on Monday afternoon with his most serious injury being road rash. “Everybody needs to be cautious whether your traveling on foot or bike when you’re crossing the streets. There is lots of traffic in the morning,” said Motz. “I want to caution to make sure that you’re not driving while distracted on your phone or things like that. People come out from in between cars and it’s easy to miss them.”
student reporter ACU will offer a new master’s program in education next year. The first cohort is set to begin this spring semester. Graduate programs are already offered in education, but a Master of Education in Teaching and Learning has now been added to the options. Dr. Dana Kennamer Pemberton, chair of the Department of Teacher Education, said the program is set up as a four-plus-one-year pro-
gram, which will be available to current students in any field of education. Pemberton said the program is set up as a 36-hour program in a block tuition system. However, students will have the last six hours of their undergraduate degree “forgiven” and will have to pay for only 30 of the 36 hours. The program is designed for students who have not completed the initial Texas Teacher Certification program. During this program, students will participate in a year’s worth of student
teaching to provide them with hands-on experience. “The new program includes a full year of student teaching. It has a strong emphasis on modifying instruction for a variety of learners,” Pemberton said. Alec Finch, senior social studies major from San Antonio, said he is pleased with the program’s convenience and capabilities. “I’m interested in the program because it gives me the opportunity to get a master’s degree without having to take the GRE,” Finch said. The master’s program
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offers several other benefits, Pemberton said. For example, undergraduate students can carry merit scholarships over into the graduate program. “This program allows a graduate to meet the needs of many different learning process, because a graduate leaves the program with their ESL [English as a second language] and special education certifications,” Pemberton said. “This program allows me to student teach as well as research during that time,” Finch said.
Pemberton said students coming in with dual-credit hours who have more than 30 hours could potentially graduate within four years with a master’s. “I feel that this program offers me the chance to be the most qualified and prepared teacher I can be, and if I were going into any other profession, I would want to be as qualified as possible,” Finch said.
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