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It is a chance to hang out with friends but also kind of a goodbye party.” -Jacob Ray, senior Graphic DEsign major from Mio, Mich.
adrian patenaude staff Photographer
Gallery worker Shawna McDanel, senior graphic design major from Early, arranges student work on the walls of the Shore Art Gallery in preparation for “Stuff on Walls” senior art show. The show’s reception will begin at 7 p.m. Friday.
art and design
Art ‘stuffs’ Shore Gallery with senior work David Singer Arts Editor Art students produce scores of work during their years at ACU that range from paintings to drawings to digital creations. Senior art shows give these students a chance to take the art that has piled up in their lockers or garages and display them for professors, parents and fellow students to see. The first senior art show of the year will open Friday, hosting the work of five students set to graduate in December. The show, titled “Stuff on Walls,” will exhibit work by Erika Ito, Stephanie Kennedy, Stewart Youngblood, Jacob Ray and Aaron Cavitt. Cavitt, a senior youth ministry and graphic design major from Abilene, said
the title for the show came as sort of a joke. “We wanted to come up with something deep and philosophical but then thought why not do something funny,” he said. Seniors not only have a chance to display about 10 works each but also get to gain experience in setting up a gallery for a show. Students are given a chance to design every aspect of the show from the works displayed and gallery decorations all the way down to the refreshments. “It is a lot more work than I was expecting,” Cavitt said. “But it is going to come together really nicely.” These experiences not only translate into a career in the arts but also offer many seniors a chance to show their friends what
they have been creating and leave their mark as they graduate from ACU, said Jacob Ray, senior graphic design major from Mio, Mich. “It is a chance to hang out with friends but also a kind of goodbye party,” said Ray. “It’s a way to show them what you’ve done here at ACU.” The department will host two senior shows this fall for students graduating in December and many more in the spring from those graduating in May. The gallery opening for “Stuff on Walls” will take place Friday at 7 p.m. in the Shore Art Gallery. Students can also visit the gallery during work hours until November 17. daniel gomez chief Photographer
contact Singer at dis08b@acu.edu
ACU Art and Design seniors began hanging their collected work from the past few years Wednesday morning in the Shore Art Gallery.
social clubs
‘Beloved’ to resurrect Zeta Rho women’s social club We got a really good group of girls together,” Rose said. “But features editor it turned out that, because of the shifts in power in adA girls’ service group on ministration and the changes campus is taking on the they brought with pledging, challenge of transforming they didn’t want to add aninto a recognized girls social other variable to the mix. So, club. Beloved, which started we were encouraged to start last year, will continue to ex- as a student organization,.” Rose said they have alist as Zeta Rho, a social club that was founded at ACU in ready done service work 1944 but has not been ac- and fundraisers during their time as an organization, intive since 2000. Shannon Rose, senior biol- cluding a Valentine’s Day ogy major from Abilene. was flower fundraiser benefiting one of the girls interested in the Red Thread Movement, a non-profit on campus. restarting Zeta Rho last year. “We had in mind that we “It really took off last year.
samantha sutherland
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When I first heard about the club, I felt it was something that I had been looking for.”
Tara lowe sophomore elementary education major from springtown
would work towards being a social club, and we got a core group together, which was essential,” Rose said. Rose and the other cofounder, Shawna McDanel, started the club because they felt ACU needed another option when it came to girls’
social clubs. Many clubs have caps that limit admittance, and offering Zeta Rho as another option for girls to look into will enable more girls to get involved on campus, Rose said. “I dropped out of the second ranking during rushing because I realized that the girls that I would be pledging with in other clubs were not who I wanted to be associated with. It’s not what I really wanted,” said Alysa Isenhower, sophomore family studies major from Abilene. “I felt the need to do something different. Instead of conforming to
something, I wanted to help create something.” Isenhower said she thinks Zeta Rho is profound because, throughout ACU’s history, it keeps coming back. She said good things never truly die. “When I first heard about the club, I felt it was something that I had been looking for,” said Tara Lowe, sophomore elementary education major from Springtown. “The fact that we’re finding ourselves in Christ instead of in club is a big part of why I wanted to be a part of this, because I think it’s important to not lose sight of that in a social club.”
Since Beloved started as a service project, service is going to remain a big part of Zeta Rho activities, Lowe said. The main roadblock that Zeta Rho has faced is finding on-campus sponsors for the club. “I feel advisors would be proud of us if they are involved,” Lowe said. The group’s next meeting is Nov. 16th at 9 p.m. in the Shore Art Gallery. For more information, contact Rose at ser08a@acu.edu. contact sutherland at sns08a@acu.edu
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