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what’s INSIDE NEWS Disc Golf team advances to nationals Page 3
SPORTS Junior football player, Epps, shows excellence in all positions
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OPINION We hear from both Republican and Democrat students on campus and their thoughts after the election Page 4
NEWS ACU Opera raises money to go on European tour jarred schuetze chief Photographer
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John Booker, senior from La Grange, performs his yodeling act at the Ethnos dress rehersal Thursday night. There are two showings of the Ethnos Cultural Show this weekend. Friday night at 7 p.m. and Saturday night at 9 p.m.
Clubs to compete in attendence at games
OPINION We have a few suggestions for how Rick Perry could spend his free time now that he’s out of office
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SPORTS Men’s basketball has a returning set of power players from last year Page 6
NEWS AES students prepare for annual Block and Bridle Barn Dance
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what’s online
Madeline Orr editor in chief When you hear the words Christmas Slam, you probably think #ACUCHRISTMASSLAM. But that hashtag is so last holiday season as Students’ Association and Wildcat Reign propose a twist to the competition created to encourage attendance to ACU basketball games. Last year, SA harnessed the natural competition between social clubs to increase attendance at Christmas Slam, mostly through
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attending, three men’s basketball games that mens’ clubs can get points for attending and then Christmas Slam which will be part of the competition for all clubs. “You are rated on your percentage of attendance and also how many people you bring from outside your club,” said Beau Carter, executive vice president of SA and junior political science major from Farmers Branch. “Also, rated on your creativity and energy at the event.” Each club will have a designated section in
Moody with the goal of seeing which club can get their section the most full. “So the girls’ job will be to try to get as many guys in their section as possible,” Carter said. Bryan Maier, president of Wildcat Reign and sophomore math education major from St. Louis, said both the women’s and the men’s coaches have offered $1,500 each to go toward the prize money. He thinks money will also be contributed by SA and from his own organization, Wildcat Reign. He said he has been communicating with club
presidents and that he thinks they are definitely interested. “They see it as a way to save money in Sing Song,” he said. Mathew Solomon, president of Frater Sodalis, said he thinks the competition will have some unfavorable consequences. “It might cultivate negative competition that is already somewhat apparent with Sing Song,” he said.
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‘Ring and Run’ wins 48-hour FilmFest callie oliver student reporter A short film entitled Ring and Run won first place at last weekend’s 48-Hour FilmFest. Three groups of students competed in the competition. Each group directed, produced and edited its own short film in two days. The students were not allowed to record or edit anything before 5 p.m. Friday and had to complete and submit their videos by 5 p.m. Sunday.
Contestants were allowed to write scripts and do other preparation work before the 48-hour countdown began. Cannon Spears, senior digital entertainment technology major from Blue Ridge, directed the first-place film and took about a month to prepare. “I made sure to space out what needed to be done during the 48 hours,” Spears said. “My film was heavy in special effects, so I made sure to film the heaviest part of special effects first so I could give it
to our special effects guy to work on. All our filming took place Friday evening and Saturday morning. Then the rest of the time was spent with my editors.” Stephen Estrada, senior management major from San Antonio, was the director, producer and screenwriter of his film. Estrada said getting the film completed in 48 hours was a very stressful process. “A lot of the time people don’t understand how difficult it really is to get an idea across the screen to
two people,” Estrada said. “That’s what a director does. They have a vision in their head, and they push it to other people and show them what they want them to see.” Once the films were submitted, students were able to view the shorts and were encouraged to vote on their favorite one. The winner was determined by votes. “It just feels really great when you work so hard on a project and finally, after all the pieces come together, you have your own piece
of work that you worked so long on,” Spears said. Contestants were encouraged to collaborate with other teams. Ivan Righi, sophomore digital entertainment technology major from Curitiba, Brazil, said the best part was meeting other filmmakers and working together. “I’ve really enjoyed collaborating with the other teams and talking about what they liked with their films, what they wish they could have done better, see filmfest page 3
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the use of social media. This year, Wildcat Reign, the Department of Athletics and SA are partnering to up the annie with a proposal to award the winner with money to go toward Sing Song costumes as well as a banner with the winning club’s name on it hanging in Moody Coliseum. Instead of competing to see who can have the most members represented at the Christmas Slam game on Dec. 4, the competition has been extended to seven games total. There are three women’s games that women’s clubs can get points for
sports Director Former ACU football starting cornerback Tyler Chapa was suspended from the team indefinitely Oct. 3 after he was charged with assault. According to police, on the evening of Sept. 18, Chapa and his then girlfriend were in his apartment at The Grove complex when a verbal argument turned physical. The girlfriend, who was not an ACU student, filed an assault complaint against Chapa nine days later on Sept. 27, claim-
ing he “choked her until she could not breathe,” according to an Abilene Police Department report. In a statement, head coach Ken Collums confirmed the assault charge led to Chapa’s removal from the team. “I first learned of the allegation against Tyler Chapa on Oct. 1 and informed him that morning that he was temporarily suspended from the team until further information came to light in the investigation,” he said. Chapa, junior from San Antonio, declined to comment. Chapa was arrested Oct.
3 and charged with family violence assault by choking – a third-degree felony – and released on $10,000 bond the same day, according to public records. A thirddegree felony is punishable by prison time of two to 10 years and a fine up to $10,000. Chapa, who has not played a game since ACU’s victory over Troy University on Sept. 13, nevertheless has been a key player in the Wildcats defensive secondary. He recorded 14 tackles in three games for ACU and was tied for the team lead last season with two interceptions, scoring on one.
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Two days after the incident, ACU faced the Un i v e r s i t y of the Incarnate Word, a game in Chapa which Chapa did not play because of an injury. The next week, the day the complaint was filed, Chapa did not play when ACU faced Houston Baptist. On Friday, Oct. 3 at 3:10 p.m., police arrested Chapa in Abilene and booked him on the charges. “When (ACU police chief) Jimmy Ellison notified me on Oct. 3 that a
warrant was being issued and that the ACU Police Department would be taking him into custody, I told Tyler that he was immediately suspended from the ACU football program,” Collums said. “Tyler will not be part of any team-related activities or functions.” Taylor County prosecutors will decide whether to take the charges to a grand jury which will determine whether enough evidence exists to proceed to a trial.
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