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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Vol. 99, No. 19
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SING SONG
Recycling Raid
Students named as Sing Song directors Linda Bailey Editor In Chief
At the age of six, Kat Bailey watched a Sing Song hostess perform “Goody Goody” on the stage in Moody Coliseum. In that moment, she knew she wanted to be a Sing Song hostess herself one day. This year, that dream will come true, as she and five other students perform as Hosts and Hostesses in Sing Song 2010. The office of student productions made the announcement Tuesday night. Bailey, senior musical theatre major from Sugar Land, said the evening was a roller coaster of emotions. “Whenever my phone rang, I thought I didn’t get it,” Bailey said. “I just started crying.” However, the phone call was for the final call back in which the committee would announce the six hosts and hostesses. Carlee Cagle, senior musical theatre major from Arlington, said she and Bailey have been best friends since Welcome Week. Cagle also dreamed of being a hostess for much of her life, but said it was even more special to perform with a close friend. “We both really wanted to do it,” Cagle said, “but we doubted we’d ever get to do it together.” Tom Craig, director of student productions, said the office of student productions made the final decision with input from music and stage professionals. “This team of hosts and hostesses has an incredible depth of vocal quality that will translate to a great show,” Craig said.
GENNA DUNCAN // Staff Photographer
Arielle Sheppard, senior youth and family ministry major from New Braunfels and Emily Adams, sophomore vocational missions major from Blue Ridge, Va., rummage through trash of Nelson students and find a bottle that could have been recycled.
Students storm residence halls in search of recyclables trash cans of Nelson Hall, A.B. Barret Hall and McKinzie Hall, said EnvironmenSenior Reporter tal Society President Samantha Futrell, Aluminum cans, plastic bottles and a jug sophomore environmental science major half-filled with spoiled milk were rescued from San Angelo. “We hoped to bring awareness that evfrom years of lying in a landfill by the Environmental Society’s recycling raid Thursday. erybody has something recyclable in their About 15 students from the Environ- trash can,” Futrell said. “It’s important to mental Society and the Locavore Club me personally because, as far as we know, retrieved 16 bags of recyclables from the God only made one creation.”
Christianna Lewis
The students broke up into three teams and took trash bags to their assigned dorm. The Nelson Hall team filled their trash bags the quickest, Futrell said, causing her to believe the dorm may have put most of their recyclables in with their garbage. However, the men’s dorm had the most disgusting trash by far, Futrell said. see CANS page 4
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LOCAL
KACU
Abilene among least expensive cities KACU to feature popular program Matthew Woodrow Opinion Editor
Abilene was named among the top ten least expensive cities in which to own a business by the KosmontRose Institute Cost of Doing Business Survey. The survey is conduct by the Rose Institute of State and Local Government. It analyzes cities’ property taxes and business license fees as well as economic incentives and programs cities may offer
to incoming businesses. Richard Burdine, assistant city manager for economic development in Abilene, said the survey could help businesses decide where to move or get started. “A business that’s thinking about relocating may look at that survey and think about coming here,” Burdine said. “It helps when cities are consistently near the top.” Based in California, the survey started in 1994 and only examined fiscal information for major
Contributing Reporter
GRANT STEPHEN // Staff Photographer
The Windsor Hotel in downtown Abilene. California communities. over 413 cities and marNow the Kosmont-Rose kets nationwide. Institute Cost of Doing see RANK page 4 Business Survey examines
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inside news A group of more than 170 Christian CEOs, appointed Dr. Rick Lytle, dean of the College of Business Administration to its board of directors. page 3
Meagan Hernandez
opinion The Editorial Board endorses Rick Perry in the Texas gubernatorial race for his past performance as Texas governor. page 6
A popular National Public Radio program is headed to Abilene. The nationally broadcast classical music show, “From the Top”, will perform Nov. 16 at First Baptist Church of Abilene. The concert will be recorded by on-campus NPR-affiliate station KACU-FM.
“‘From the Top’ is one of the few classical music shows that spotlights young musical talent,” said Blane Singletary, junior electronic media major from Abilene and student announcer at KACU-FM. Well-known concert pianist Christopher O’Riley hosts “From the Top.” After interviewing see RADIO page 4
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