I will listen A freshman offers to listen to anyone Features Page 5 vol. 102, no. 15
Wednesday, october 16, 2013
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INSIDE NEWS A nutrition station has been installed in the Campus Center Page 3
SPORTS ACU Football beat HBU 69-12. Gabriel caught three TDs in the win
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NEWS An ACU biology professor discovered a new species of opossum Page 3
OPINION The editorial board proposes that the freshman class has two acts
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King of Campus Court candidate JP Ralston, senior finance major from Plano, dances during the debate held in Hart Auditorium. Four senior men were nominated as Dukes to compete for the King of Campus Court. This is the second year of the competion.
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NEWS The DET club returns to campus after disbanding in 2007
DUKING IT OUT
Four senior men debate to become the second King of Campus Court Abigail runnels student reporter
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SPORTS Chloe Susset wins cross country meet in San Antonio Page 6
NEWS Students can now participate in a book cover contest for ACU Press Page 3
OPINION Marissa Jones shares the lessons she learned from James Bond Page 4
SPORTS Wildcat volleyball loses two hardfought matches on the road Page 6
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The four Dukes chosen to vie for King of Campus Court debated Monday night in front of a large crowd. These four senior men were chosen by the Student Alumni Association out of numerous nominees to compete in the
Watch a recap of the ACU vs. HBU game on the Ken Collum show
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J.P. Ralston
helped organize the conDuke of Judge Ely Duke of 16th St. test from the beginning. senior accounting major senior finance accounting from Garland major from Plano “A lot more people applied and were interested Brock New Bryson Shake this year,” Adkins said. “It Duke of Ambler Duke of Teague Blvd. was a lot easier to market senior communication senior communication it.” major from North Richmajor from Abilene Adkins said one of the land Hills reasons for having the contest in the first place was because men would “That didn’t happen The King of Campus occasionally be voted into this year, now that we Court debate had very litthe top ten for the Home- have King of Campus see dukes page 3 coming Court. Court,” Adkins said.
Lawn, patio to be added next to Mabee Hall Melany cox online managing editor The area between Mabee Hall and the Don Morris Center will be transformed into a lawn and patio. Scot Colley, executive director of Risk Management and Construction, said the area was dug up for part of the loop line construction project, which began in mid-May and has reached completion. He said, for the most part, the area is shaded throughout the day and a patio would clean up that part of campus. He said the concrete patio will come out at the
back door and go down about 50 feet in length. The remainder of the space will be made into a lawn. Colley said part of the project will include installing a handicap ramp to the front entrance of Mabee. Construction will begin in a couple of weeks, he said. “The pipe stuff is all done,” he said. “All that’s in ground, that’s finished. But that last part, we’ve kind of pulled off and done a few other things that we needed to take care of. We’re working on those and we’ll get right back to that.”
ACU Construction will oversee the work. Colley said the project should be completed by Christmas break. “Hopefully it’ll provide a nice shaded area that’ll be a little more useful than the front patio on Mabee right now, because that one’s so hot,” he said. “It just stays in the sun all the time. There’s no cover. And it will make an area that’s not used kind of usable and provide hopefully a fun place to get together.”
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Construction workers pour concrete next to Mabee Hall in preparation for the new patio and lawn.
Les Mis set-up goes smoothly despite size James eldred
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contest for its second year. The debate, hosted in Hart Auditorium, was to let the nominees have a chance to show the student body how much school spirit they possess and why they should be elected as this year’s King of Campus Court. Samantha Adkins is the assistant director of alumni relations and
DUKES OF CAMPUS COURT
staff reporter About 70 members of the cast and crew for ACU’s homecoming musical “Les Misérables” began technical preparations on Sept. 30 with the unpacking of the production’s set at the Abilene Civic Center. Adam Hester, chair of the theatre department and director for Les Mis, said the size of the musical’s set could be com-
pared to that of last year’s homecoming production. “The set for 42nd Street came in on one 18-wheeler truck,” he said. “The set for Les Mis came in two 18-wheelers - and both trucks were packed.” The set, rented from the Music Theater of Wichita in Kansas, is primarily made up of several heavy backdrops that remain on-stage throughout the production. Mobile pieces include tables, chairs, a bed, two staircases and the famous
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The set for 42nd Street came in on one 18-wheeler truck. The set for Les Mis came in two 18-wheelers and both trucks were packed.”
smoothly, Wheeler said. “The tech director from Music Theater of Wichita actually came with the set,” he said. “He helped supervise the conAdam Hester struction of it - because of Chair of the theatre department that, there really weren’t any major problems.” Another potential barricade in Act II. dealing with a loading challenge was averted Technical director An- dock, or maybe a huge because of construcdrew Wheeler said the ramp, but we didn’t have tion similarities between crew was worried about that,” he said. “We had to the Abilene Civic Center getting everything un- rely on people picking it and the Music Theater of loaded smoothly because up and setting it down.” Wichita, Hester said. of the set’s immense size. Despite concerns, the see les mis page 3 “Normally you’d be set went up quickly and
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