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By Kelsi PeaceManaging Editor

From kicking armadillos in a field to delivering single pink roses, Aaron Fry made sure life was never dull, friends and family say.

“The first time I met Aar-on, he was wearing a pink toga, believe it or not,” said Drew Lambert, senior com-puter science and market-ing major from Little Rock, Ark., and Aaron’s roommate. “We’ve been best friends

since that night.” Nathan Moore, senior mar-

keting major from Rhome, re-membered the toga, too.

“He could always dress goofy as all get out,” Nathan said, laughing. “From pin stripe suits to pink togas, he was a man with class.”

Aaron’s sister, Brittany Fry (03), agreed, and said his abil-ity to wear anything could have come from dressing up with his older sister when they were children.

“He could pull off any-thing. I guess it was just his personal-ity,” Brittany said.

Aaron, a senior mar-keting major from Grandview, was killed the morning of Aug. 19 when he was thrown from his mo-torcycle on West Lake Road and struck a sign, according

to a report in the Abilene-Re-porter News. Aaron was not wearing a helmet.

He left friends and family with loving words, though, and friends say they think he was prepared.

Just thirty minutes before his accident, Aaron sent his father, Buddy, a text mes-sage to say ‘I love you,’ Drew said. And on the front porch of their house just four days before his accident, Aaron told Drew he loved him, add-

ing, “You know, God loves you, too.”

“Nobody really knows Aaron as the serious guy that he was,” Drew said. “He gave me more insight into life than anybody. He has saved my life with this. This has saved my life.”

Brittany, who was Aaron’s best friend as well as his sister, said she and Aaron went to California together on a whim three weeks be-fore his accident.

“It’s one thing that’s help-ing me through this,” she said. “Because I had time with him, just me and him.”

While in California, Aaron told Brittany that he was going to watch out for her, and every time a guy noticed her or spoke to her, Brittany said Aaron started singing, “I am the man that will fight for your honor,” from the Karate Kid.

Family, friends remember Fry with a smile

By Mallory EdensPagE 2 Editor

The ACU Physical Re-sources staff is working on repairing damages left from flooding last week. Several buildings on campus have water damage, and groups such as the WFF janitorial service, Central Plant Energy group and the Physical Re-sources plumbing depart-ment are taking action to see that problems are dealt with as quickly as possible.

Bob Nevill, director of Physical Resources, said there are only a few dam-ages because the Physical Resources ’ team took ac-tion early, in some cases even while it was raining.

“I was real-ly impressed with our re-action this time,” Nev-ill said. “We don’t know exactly how much we are going to have to do, but it isn’t much. If we can ex-tract water quickly like we did, damage is minimal.”

Nevill said this quick re-action time is very impor-tant when something like this happens.

“We expect the unexpect-ed, believe it or not,” Nevill said. “Every time we have an event like this, we try to ascertain why it happened and stop flow where it came from. The reality is that we rarely get five to ten inches of rain so quickly, so we will probably never be fully prepared for this. So, reac-tion time is always critical. We certainly don’t like to see our students and faculty swimming around campus.”

According to Nevill, there were several groups of peo-

ple who addressed the flood damage. Val Mascari and the WFF janitorial service spent three days removing water across campus. Don McLeod and Energy Management worked with the WFF janito-rial service on 18th by rem-edying flooding, heating, ven-tilation and air conditioning issues. Don also spent much time checking outside floor drains to ensure water was properly flowing away from buildings.

At the peak of the storm on the 17th, Scot Colley

and Randy Williams of Physical Re-sources were on campus c h e c k i n g Sikes Hall and Cullen Auditorium.

Buildings affected by water damage include the Williams Per-forming Arts Center, in which the tile was ruined; C h a m b e r s Hall, in which the water lift-ed paint off a wall that then had to be patched and

repainted; the Foster Science Building, in which the ceiling tile was ruined; and Barret Hall, where the floor is now turning loose in the Den due to condensation from what is believed to be a HVAC is-sue. Other buildings that were affected include the Campus Center, Smith and Adams Halls, McKinzie Hall, and Sikes Hall. These build-ings only suffered minor leaks and were vacuumed and dried quickly.

Two buildings remain with major damages yet to be repaired. Approximately two feet of water flooded

Creek runneth over

By Jared FieldsEditor-in-ChiEf

Implementing the 21st Century Vision and strengthening corporate partnerships are two of ACU’s main long-term objectives. To ensure the completion of these goals, Phil Schubert was put in charge of the tasks in the role of the newly cre-ated executive vice president.

The position was created for Schubert, who had been the vice president for finance and officially named to his new position July 1.

Another part of his job will be to promote external partnerships.

“In the last cou-ple of years, Phil’s role has expanded significantly be-yond that of a tra-ditional vice presi-dent for finance,” said Dr. Royce Money, president of the university. “He has taken the lead with projects involving companies such as Gen-

esis, AT&T and Apple, and I know he will do an outstanding job repre-senting ACU on several fronts.”

Schubert said he enjoys working on large, long-term projects like the 21st Century vision.

“I’ve always gravitated to that,” Schubert said. “I get the privilege of working with a great team of executives. I learn from them dai-ly and am blessed to be a part of that group.”

Schubert promoted to executive vice president

By Jared FieldsEditor-in-ChiEf

Phil Schubert would love for ACU students to be some of the first in the country to get iPhones as a part of their college experience.

Kevin Roberts said he can’t imagine another school being ahead of ACU when it comes to the possibility of getting students iPhones.

“We’re certainly on the leading edge of any col-lege or university in the country,” Roberts, the chief information officer for ACU said.

“We do cool stuff,” said Schubert, executive vice president for ACU.

Abilene Christian and Apple began their rela-tionship a year ago when ACU became one of the first iTunesU schools.

Today, some want to keep doing “cool stuff” by trying to bring the much-anticipated iPhone to students.

Representatives from ACU are working with Apple and AT&T to research the possibility of stu-dents having iPhones on campus.

When news of the iPhone’s release went public in January, a group got together to see what uses the new phone could have. In June, Roberts and

ACU discusses student iPhones

By Val ValleonlinE Editor

Faculty and students will notice a change in Chapel within the next few weeks that will leave Moody Coliseum empty at least one day during the week.

Dr. Wayne Barnard, university dean of spiritual formation and assistant to professor of family sciences, said based on feedback through e-mails and Chapel surveys, students want variety, small groups, honest engagement with faculty and rel-evancy to their lives today. All feedback taken into consideration has resulted in changes for Chapel this fall.

Chapel on Tuesday will be referred to as Campus Conversations. Campus Conversations is made up of eight different groups facilitated by faculty mem-bers who will meet across campus with students to discuss a variety of topics including poverty, finan-cial responsibility and faiths around the world.

Dr. Royce Money, president of the university, said Christians should discuss these issues in an attempt to apply what we claim to be.

The largest group, consisting of a maximum 1,200 students, will gather in Moody Coliseum to talk about racial healing and reconciliation.

The idea of Campus Conversations is to create an environment where students can discuss issues and current events while helping to form commu-

Chapel changes coming this fall

brian schmidt SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

Dustin Anderson, Crystal Bonds and her daughter Baylee Bonds, 9, wade through the flood waters on Westwood Drive near N. 6th on Aug. 19.

brian schmidt SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

Westwood Drive, one of the main areas where the water was coming from Elm Creek, is shown under water Aug. 19.

August rains push flood waters into streets

brian schmidt SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

Vincent Geachimio, Victor Flores and AB Cantu, from Albany, volun-teer to fill sandbags in the parking lot of the Westwood Shopping Center on Aug. 19.

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Kick StartSoccer team opens inaugural season with win, page 14

OPTIMIST

Katie GaGer CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER

All of your Welcome Week photos and news can be found inside this issue of the Optimist.

n Two-page photo spread of our favorite pictures from throughout the week, page 8-9.

n Story recapping the week, page 3.

n To the right Charlene Koepf, freshman musical theatre major from Colleyville, performs “Hopelessly Devoted” from “Grease.”

wELCOME wEEK 2007

Electronic Check-In open First Day of Classes

Electronic Check-In opens

11 a.m.Opening Ceremonies will be held in Moody Coliseum, including the Parade of Flags, the Ceremony of Allegiance and speaker C.E. “Doc” Cornutt, the new chair of the ACU Board of Trustees.

8:30 p.m.Call to Justice Devotional will be hosted by the International Justice Mission in the Campus Center Living Room.

9 p.m.Pray for Reign will be held in the Ampitheater. Students will join together to pray for one another, ACU and the world as they begin a new school year.

Electronic Check-In open

2 p.m.The Women’s Soccer team plays Texas-Permian Basin.

7 p.m.War of Ages on tour with Inked with Blood at Morning Star Church at 221 S. Oak St. Other bands scheduled to play include Beatin’ Up Girls, Close Your Eyes and A Plea For Purging. The show costs $10 per person.

Electronic Check-In open

6 p.m.Welcome to Abilene, hosted by the Students’ Association, allows all freshman and transfer students to come to Teague Special Events Center to meet local restaurants, businesses, churches and entertainment venues. Free food, giveaways and prizes will be offered.

Wednesday, March 29, 2006

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To ensure that an item will appear on time, the announcement should be sent at least 10 days before. The Optimist may edit items for space and style.

Corrections and clarifications of published news articles will be printed in this space in a timely manner.

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Don’t forget to electronically check in this week. Any student who fails to do this will be dropped from all classes they are signed up for. Elec-tronic check-in will close Friday.

Any student interested in pledging a social club must regis-ter by Friday at noon. Go to www.acu.edu/social clubs to register. Stu-dents must be in their second year and meet eligibility requirements listed on the Web site to register.

Join the new outdoor exercise classes. Forever Fit includes class-es focusing on cardio workouts, yoga, pilates and core strength. Classes for the fall are Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 6 to 7 a.m., and Tuesdays and Thurs-days from 5:30 to 7 p.m. These classes cost $25 per month for either the 6 a.m. or the 5:30 p.m. classes, or $35 a month for access to all classes. Nutritional counseling and wellness services are also avail-able. Visit  www.foreverfitabilene.blogspot.com for more information.

A garage sale will be held Sat-urday from 7 a.m. to noon at 1310 Piedmont Drive to benefit the Little Hands Big Hearts organization in Honduras to help finish building a perimeter around their building. Contact Emily Plemons or Alan Gower on Facebook.com for more information or to donate items.

Seekers of the Word will hold an interest meeting in the Onstead-Packer Biblical Studies Building room 130 from Sept. 3 at 9 p.m. un-til Sept. 4 at 11 a.m. Attendees will be given free food and information about the drama ministry group. Students who are interested are encouraged to come meet current members and make new friends.

Fall Dinner Theatre will show “Star Spangled Girl” in Fulks Theatre August 23-25, August 31, Sept. 1, 7 and 8. Dinner will begin at 6:45 p.m., and the show will start at 8 p.m. Tick-ets for both dinner and a show cost $25, and show-only tickets cost $12. For tickets, call (325) 674-2787.

“The Next Generation: Con-temporary Expressions of Faith” art exhibit will be held Sept. 7 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Shore Art Gallery. The Shore Art Gallery will also hold a Bible Lectureship re-ception Sept. 18 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Shore Art Gallery and Gal-lery Talk at 6:30 p.m. by Garlan Jankens, director of Shore Art Gallery, on the topic “What does it mean to be a Christian in a Post-Modern World?”

The annual Ben Richey Boys Ranch Chili Super Bowl needs volunteers. This event will take place Saturday and Sunday in Buf-falo Gap. Help is needed for various shifts throughout the day with selling tickets, working in the kid`s area and other jobs.

Medical Care Mission needs volunteers to assist the medical and dental staff Mondays through Fridays anytime during the day with filing, answering phones and helping the office manager.

Texas Family Institute is seek-ing volunteers Tuesday evenings beginning Sept. 15 to assist with baby sitting for families who have a parent deployed to Iraq. This will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. at vari-ous locations.

Volunteers are needed to help

with a Teen Conference, hosted by the City of Abilene G. V. Daniels Recreation Center, at the Abilene Civic Center Sept. 15 at various times between 8 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Help is needed in assisting with classes and cleanup during the conference.

The Office of Ministry Events is needing volunteer ushers to help at Lectureship Sept. 16 through 19 from 6 to 8 p.m. Ushers will assist guests in finding seats and help elderly or disabled guests with the stairs.

Special Olympics Texas is seek-ing volunteers to help participants in an area bocce competition Sept. 21 and 22 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the Abilene State School Centennial Park. Volunteers will help with scor-ing, timing, congratulating the ath-letes and setting up for lunch.

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ACU Police Tip of the WeekThe ACU Police Department welcomes everyone back to campus. Remember to drive safely, watch for pedestrians and lock your vehicle. Help us by reporting all suspicious activity to ACUPD at (325) 674-2305.

Monday 08/13/200712:56 a.m. Fire at University Park Apartments, student received burns to his hand. Transported to Hendrick Medical Center, Abilene FD responded to the fire 9:32 p.m. Assisted student with locating keys at the Onstead-Packer Biblical Studies Building

Tuesday 08/14/2007 12:20 a.m. Incomplete 911 from emergency phone at Sikes Hall8:31 a.m. Assisted Abilene PD with subject that was threatening suicide at 500 EN 10th9:29 a.m. Report of suspicious subject in the Business Lot, contacted driver was waiting on an employee 1:48 p.m. Traffic stop at 2200 Campus Court for speeding 2:24 p.m. Traffic stop at 2200 Campus Court for speeding 4:40 p.m. Incident report at Brown Library in reference to inappropriate behavior5 p.m. Fire alarm at Sikes Hall, set off by dust from the parking lot 5:20 p.m. Incomplete 911 at Hu-man Resources, checked all okay 9:12 p.m. Unlocked room at Mabee Hall 9:23 p.m. Assisted student with lost item at Jacob’s Dream

Wednesday 08/15/2007 9:10 a.m. Unlocked vehicle at Morris Lot 9:40 a.m. Theft report at Gibson Health and P.E. Center11:30 a.m. Escorted ex-student to the Depot for paperwork 2 p.m. Parking violation at Business Lot 8:11 p.m. Aired tire at Edwards Lot 9:07 p.m. Report of suspicious sub-jects near Abilene Christian Schools, checked area unable to locate

Thursday 08/16/2007 1:02 a.m. Escorted student from Sikes Hall to McDonald Hall 2:21 a.m. Incomplete 911 at Mabee Hall, checked room was empty 9:55 p.m. Gave student ride from

Bennett Gym to 200 Westheimer during the storm 11:05 p.m. Alarm at Physical Resources, set off by employee 11:30 p.m. Medical emergency at University Park Apartments

Friday 08/17/2007 10:45 a.m. Report of suspicious subjects at 700 EN 13th, unable to locate 1:20 p.m. Unlocked lockers at Teague for Coach 5:15 p.m. Removed dead animal from Campus Center Road 7:44 p.m. Fire alarm at Library, false alarm 7:46 p.m. Burglar alarm at Physi-cal Resources, all okay 8:10 p.m. Assisted student with pushing vehicle into Big Purple Lot 10:05 p.m. Unlocked vehicle at EN 16th and Griffith

Saturday 08/18/2007 10:37 a.m. Incomplete 911 at Crutcher Scott Field, v 11 a.m. Random patrol of 600 College reference to earlier party 11:21 a.m. Assisted Abilene PD with looking for subject in a boat at Ambler & Cedar Crest, checked unable to locate 1:30 p.m. Traffic stop at EN 18th and Campus Court for disregard-ing stop sign 9:30 p.m. Traffic stop at EN 16th and College for defective head lamp 10:30 p.m. Traffic stop at EN 16th and Campus Court for disregard-ing stop sign

Sunday 08/19/2007 2 p.m. Unlocked vehicle at Teague Lot 6 p.m. Traffic stop at EN 18th and Campus Court 8 p.m. Theft at Mabee Business Building 8:48 p.m. Traffic stop at EN 22nd and Campus Court for defective head light 10:17 p.m. Traffic stop at EN 16th and Judge Ely for no head lights 10:39 p.m. Parking violation at McKinzie Lot

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Monday, August 27, 2007 Page 5CAMPUS NEWS

By Lauren SuttonCopy Editor

Among the books, com-puters and family photo-graphs characteristic of any college professor’s office, a stack of student journals sit on Carley Dodd’s desk. Ranging in color and style, the journals are filled with personal experiences of the 19 students who trav-eled to Honduras in July for a 10-day intercultural experience.

Led by Dr. Joe Cardot, professor of communica-tion and chair of the depart-ment, and Dr. Carley Dodd, professor of communica-tion, a group of students participated in a co-cur-ricular excursion to Trave-sia, Honduras where they integrated traditional class-room studies with fieldwork and service learning.

“We have been very ac-tive for years in study abroad,” Dodd said. “Peo-ple in the department have been all over the world, but this is the first time we have been intentional about connecting service

learning with the tradi-tional cognitive learning.”

Students were offered classes in intercultural communications and mul-tinational global commu-nications during their time abroad. Class work ranged from developing an analy-sis of appropriate inter-cultural leadership skills to forming a diagnosis of cultural themes. The ap-plication of their stud-ies was centered around Honduran culture as they conducted interviews, ob-served living conditions and worked closely with local ministries.

“I loved the co-curricular atmosphere,” said Bethany Freede, graduate student in the Department of Com-munication. “We spent the least amount of time in the classroom, but I came away from this learning more than I have in any other course.” Prior to, during and after their time in Honduras, students were asked to keep a per-sonal journal to chart their feelings and experiences.

“We asked them to do it everyday, but it was a little more fluid,” Dodd said. “They really poured out their hearts, and their personal stories were re-flected in their journals.”

The Department of Com-munication partnered with Bridges to the World, a non-profit organization that seeks to meet the physical and spiritual needs of Hon-durans through medical mission work. Some stu-dents worked with a phy-sician while others worked in construction and VBS at a local church.

“I felt that they under-stood everything more clearly,” Dodd said. “By webbing the knowing, feel-ing and experiencing ele-ments, students’ learning is enriched.”

“I loved it; I think it’s the best idea,” said Freede. “We sat by the beach and had class, and then we would go to the village and work.”

Students connect classroom, service

By Sara SnelsonArts Editor

Welcome Week 2007 has come and gone again, and a new freshman class is taking over campus.

This week’s theme was Real Life, and all of the activities were spin-offs of TV shows.

“This theme was cho-sen to show incoming students that real life is life with God and how one should strive to be a better person everyday with God and to not fall into worldly desires,” said steering committee member Terri Crites, ju-nior mathematics major from Irving.

The student directors have been working since January, and they decid-ed they wanted to rejuve-nate the week by getting students more involved, making freshmen feel comfortable on campus and encouraging them to love ACU.

“I like this week be-cause it is different from other colleges, and you get to meet a lot of other people and get a sense of community, said Ryan Self, freshman journal-ism major from Lub-bock. “One of my favorite

things during the week was hanging out with people from my mentor group at night outside of all the activities.”

“The freshmen this year have been very in-volved and have had a high level of participation in all of the events that were offered,” said steer-ing committee member Caroline Mattis, junior art major from Abilene.

This year, several new events were added to the week’s busy agenda and 192 new twister mats were purchased to keep the record of the largest twister game in play.

Events that were add-ed include wildcat bingo, mentor group Olympics, open mic night, as well as listening to comedian Bob Smiley.

“As a part of wildcat bingo, we gave away two field passes to the Cow-boy and Patriot game, as well as prizes such as an iPod, bike and gift cer-tificates,” said Welcome Week student director Casey Cope, senior ac-counting and finance ma-jor from Flower Mound. “The Olympics is a way to get the leaders involved in something. They will

participate in four events: flag decorating, tug-a-war, a relay race and then everyone will have an on campus photo scavenger hunt that replaced the Abilene scavenger hunt.”

“Candlelight Devo was my favorite activity dur-ing the week,” said De-siree Morgan, freshman psychology major from St. Louis. “It made me feel welcome, and I liked all of the upperclassmen being there.”

“This year’s movie was “D2: The Mighty Ducks,” and it was so much fun because everyone really got into the movie and was quacking through-out the whole show,” said Cope.

Mattis watched all of the students try out for the talent show, and she said it is going to be a lot of fun and full of talented students who can sing as well as write their own stuff.

“The week went very well, and all of the in-coming freshmen really wanted to be involved,” said Cope.

Welcome Week adds new events

By Kelsi PeaceMAnAging Editor

Popular Abilene eat-ery Harold’s Pit Bar-B-Q will welcome freshmen and transfer students to Abilene with about 600 sandwiches Thursday.

Harold’s isn’t the only local restaurant bringing food to the Students’ Asso-ciation premier event, Wel-come to Abilene. Ann Thai Kitchen, Bogie’s Deli, Joe Allen’s Pit Bar-B-Q, Los Ar-cos, Spano’s and Sharky’s Burrito Company will also offer free buffet-style food, along with dessert and coffee shops Tuscany’s, Monk’s and Mezamiz Deux Coffee House.

“We try to keep it local,” said SA Executive Presi-dent Matt Worthington. “It’s kind of about instilling pride in people.”

Worthington, senior Eng-lish major from San Anto-nio, and other members of the executive Cabinet, part-nered with sponsors like the Office of the Executive Vice President, the Alumni Asso-ciation, Senior Legacy, Din-ing Services and the First-Year Program to create an event that would offer new students a chance to meet their SA representatives and to get to know Abilene.

Welcome to Abilene is free to all freshmen and transfer students and will

be located in the Teague Special Events Center from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday.

“It’s our gift to the fresh-men and transfer students,” Worthington said.

As part of his campaign last spring, Worthing-ton promised monthly forums for students to voice their opinions. Wel-come to Abilene will pres-ent new students with the first opportunity to talk to SA representatives, and Worthington said the first SA meeting will allow stu-dents to offer input to the head architect of the Fit-ness and Recreation Center project. The meeting will be Sept. 19 at 5 p.m. in

Hart Auditorium. Also at the event, Dr.

Royce Money, president of the university, will ad-dress attendees.

Students can peruse stands representing area businesses and organiza-tions, including Abilene Philharmonic, Frontier Texas!, a Silence Produc-tion, ACU Medical Clinic, Perry Automotive Brake and Muffler, Snappy Lube and Forever Fit. Door priz-es include a $300 to $400 car service package, possi-bly a Best Buy TV and a few months’ membership to Hendrick Health Club from Mayor Archibald. SA and campus sponsors funded

the event.SA will also unveil

their Fair Trade clothing line, Heartbeat, and area churches will set up infor-mation booths.

Mark Lewis, director of spiritual life and student ministries, has worked with churches at Meet the Churches, a display of lo-cal churches set up in the McGlothlin Campus Cen-ter every first Wednesday of the semester, for 10 years. This year, he met with preachers and dis-cussed more effective ways area churches could con-nect with students. When Worthington mentioned Welcome to Abilene, Lewis

asked to join forces. “It’s brilliant,” Lewis said.

“We’ve made the assump-tion that students just fig-ure out where stuff is.”

Twenty-two churches have confirmed for the event, and Lewis said the festive environment should provide a less awkward at-mosphere for students to look for a church home.

At the event, churches will distribute fliers and giveaways to offer fresh-men a look at their church. Members will be available to answer questions and offer ways to get involved.

SA hosts Welcome to Abilene for new students

E-mail Sutton at: les03c@acu.edu

Kat Patton STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Rachel Koeller, freshman elementary education major from Denver, and Abigail Sutphen, freshman vocal education major from Houston, play bingo during Welcome Week Wednesday night in Cullen Auditorium.

E-mail Snelson at: sas04b@acu.edu

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Page 6 Monday, August 27, 2007CAMPUS NEWS

By Rachel DavisOpiniOn EditOr

The university gave face-lifts to several build-ings on campus during summer break, includ-ing Sikes Hall, McGlothlin Campus Center and the Don H. Morris Center.

The renovation of Sikes cost the university about $2.6 million, said Bob Nevill, director of physical resources, and included removing the deteriorating windows, adding a new roof, brick-ing the building’s exteri-or, expanding the rooms and creating new walls and ceilings and provid-ing new floor coverings in the rooms.

“It’s important to us to keep residence halls as

fresh as we can,” Nevill said. “Sikes’ location was ideal for renovation because of its location. It really is c h a n g i n g the look and feel of the campus.”

“It is quite a transfor-mation,” Dr. Royce Mon-ey, presi-dent of the university, said. He called the many campus projects capital improvements.

Weather throughout summer break caused a few problems in construc-tion, but the bricking of Sikes was the hardest to complete, Nevill said.

“We had 63 days to work before students came back

to campus, and half of those days it rained,” Nev-ill said. “We had to work Saturdays and late into other days.”

A larger food court is part of the Campus Cen-

ter’s renovation. The new Chick-fil-a, Pizza Hut and Quizno’s Subs have replaced the ticket win-dow, information desk and Hilton Room area.

Next summer, the uni-

versity will renovate the rest of the building, in-cluding the Bean and the basement. Money said an additional facility to replace the Hilton Room may also be constructed.

Money plans for a sci-ence and technology facil-ity could be in the works in the future, and the univer-sity holds a standing com-mitment to build a social science center.

Construction should be-gin soon on the Hunter Welcome Center, named af-ter Bob and Shirley Hunter.

Nevill said the funding is almost completed and once it is finished, con-struction can begin.

No building can be built until sufficient funding is arranged, according to

university policy. Another large building

renovation is the second and third floors of the Don H. Morris Center. The university will be convert those areas into faculty offices and a large news-room to house all student media offices.

Hardin Administra-tion Building, McDonald Hall and Nelson Hall have been undergoing cornice replacements, and those will continue into the fall semester.

Those replacements will restore the origi-nal architecture of the buildings and remove a safety hazard.

Construction, renovation transform campus facilities

By Lauren SuttonCOpy EditOr

Wednesday morning at 6 a.m., the university present-ed a newly programmed myACU to students and staff campus-wide.

The look and feel of my ACU has recently changed, and students can now easily access a variety of information including na-tional news, YouTube.com and Facebook.com to name several applications.

Planning and preparation for the new program began in the fall of 2006 and gained momentum throughout the spring of 2007 as a team of programmers and various individuals on campus dis-cussed how they wanted to change myACU.

“This all started with a number of us sitting in a room with a blank white-board and asking what my-ACU would look like if we

could start from scratch,” said Kevin Roberts, chief information officer.

“That’s when my work was done. Then the three programmers took that vi-sion and ran with it and did the magic to create myACU from a program-ming perspective.”

ACU partnered with Lif-eray, a company that of-fers an open-portal plat-form. By providing a new framework, the new pro-gram can be personalized, and it puts the publishing of content into the hands of different sources.

“It’s a two-edged sword when we create the program ourselves because we know exactly when it breaks, said

James Langford, director of web integration program-ming. “If we’re pulling con-tent from someone else off the Internet there’s a lot more creativity, but it leaves you unable to do anything about it if it breaks.”

“Five years ago, e-mail was cutting-edge, but now the consumerization world is catching up to us,” said Roberts. “myACU looked old. We wanted to take con-sumerization and blend what we had done.”

“This program is bring-ing us up to where we need to be,” said Langford. “It provides us a framework to grow in.”

myACU personalizes, expands access

By Kelsi PeaceManaging EditOr

ACU’s original Fair Trade clothing line, Heart-Beat, is set to launch in the next few weeks, chal-lenging consumers to “give a beat.”

“It’s all ACU,” said Matt Worthington, Stu-dents’ Association Exec-utive President. “Alumni and current students are partnering together to make an impact.”

Worthington and the Students’ Association rallied the support of the Campus Store for the clothing line, calling on a Silence Production to provide artist develop-ment and PovertyLink to

research organizations to support.

Three T-shirt designs will be released each se-mester and will sell for $20 to $25, said Scott Harsh, assistant Campus Store director.

After production costs have been taken from the cost of the T-shirt, Harsh said half the prof-its will be donated to an organization of students’ choosing. Harsh estimat-ed contribution per shirt will be about $4 or $5.

“We want this to be so-cially aware from start to finish,” Harsh said.

While the Campus Store has already removed all

products made in sweat-shops, HeartBeat’s line uses American Apparel fabric, which pays laborers Fair Trade compensation.

After the success of the spring semester’s dining hall fast and cam-pus social justice organi-zations Awake 3:18 and International Justice Mis-sion, Worthington said the project seemed to be ideal for the university’s community.

“You see that students

are becoming very aware of the world around them,” Worthington said. “It’s something the students can take pride in.”

And the project brings in alumni as well, calling on graphic designers Ryan Feerer (’05), Brent Couch-man (’05) and Ben Hernan-dez (’06) to produce this semester’s designs.

Profits will support Stephen’s Children, an organization that works with youth in poor ur-

ban communities in the Middle East.

According to the orga-nization’s literature, the children they serve are those whose “self-esteem has been badly damaged by poverty, by the lack of respect given to them since they were born, through the discrimination against them (as Christians) in school and by the fact that they have no father, no or few changes of clothes and no shoes to wear.”

In the future, Worthing-ton said students can vote for an organization to support.

The Campus Store is gearing up for the line’s

launch, ordering 150 total shirts and planning to dis-play the shirts on the Cam-pus Store Web site as well.

Heartbeat shirts will also be available at Monk’s Cof-fee Shop during a Silence Production shows.

Heartbeat advertise-ments will pop up at Film-Fest, on Paw TV, Abilene’s film festival, 24 Frames Per Second, and could ap-pear on local stations.

The HeartBeat EKG rep-resents the logo’s mes-sage: “The world is a dy-ing place. Give a beat.”

Students, alumni partner to create Fair Trade clothing

More than 16 renovation and construction projects upgraded university facilites. Some projects are planned for the fall.

n Mabee Hall: New paint and carpet; new community space.

n Morris Hall: New cabinets and sinks.

n Smith and Adams Halls: New windows and bird screens.

n Nelson Hall: New community spaces.

n Edwards Hall: Exterior sealed and cleaned.

n Hardin Administration Building: First floor restrooms converted to ADA compliant facility.

n School of Social Work:Offices and classrooms remodeled.

n Tennis courts: resurfaced; new viewing areas added.

n Football field: Artificial turf laid

n Powell Fitness Center: Addition almost complete; flooring and landscaping to be completed.

n Pond: Irrigation system installed.

CAMPUS CoNStrUCtioN

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“You see that students are becoming very aware of the world around them. [HeartBeat] is something

the students can take pride in.”

Matt Worthington, SA executive president

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Nevill

“Five years ago, e-mail was cutting edge, but now the consumerization world is catching up to us.”

Kevin Roberts, chief information officer

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Page 8 Monday, August 27, 2007WELCOME WEEK Page 9WELCOME WEEK

‘Real Life’ Begins: Welcome Week ’07Left: Jon Rich, freshman worship ministry major from Kerrville, rallies his team during the Mentor Group Olympics.

Below: Mark Daughdrill, freshman youth and family ministry major from Houston, bends and stretches in his attempt to win the Twister game during Welcome Week Tuesday in Moody Coliseum.

Bottom right: Natalie Knowles, freshman business major from Pampa, attempts to defeat the bungee she is tethered to at the Friday Frenzy that ended Welcome Week.

Left: Magali Castillo, sophomore graphic design major from Abilene, lights the way for freshman at the Welcome Week candlelight devo Tuesday night.

Above: The Saved Astronauts, Carlee Cagle, Ashley Ham, Emily Loper and Rachel Jinkerson, perform the song ‘Never Alone’ for the Welcome Week talent show.

Top right: Phillip Hendley, sophomore biology major from Fort Worth, repaints the rails along the bridge over Cat Claw Creek.

Right: Upperclassmen light the way for freshmen as they walk to the candlelight devo.

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In my house, ‘senior’ is a dirty word and its use is most often avoided. With one

year left at ACU, I have found that my nostalgia t o w a r d past college experiences is as prevalent as my hope for the coming year and beyond. Each activity that takes place

and every relationship that is formed in the next nine months will be counteracted with the reality that my time in college is nearing its end as the consistency of all things ACU fades.

Perhaps the best antidote for the occasional bouts of this-is-my-last-year-as-a-student melancholy is to observe the quarter of ACU’s student population who have recently embarked on their college career.

As grateful as I am to have successfully made it through my first year of college, I’m glad I never have to be a freshman again. Orienting yourself in an unfamiliar environment, living with a potential stranger in a cramped space and being forced to eat unidentifiable foods in the Bean are never easy tasks to be confronted with. So as a senior looking to vicariously relive her college experience through the individuals who have just begun theirs, I hope you will take to heart several aspects of freshman life I would improve upon if I were once again in your shoes. n Take advantage of free

food. New students, you will soon find out how many people in this community are willing to feed you free of charge. Local churches and student organizations often provide free meals to students who simply show up to their events. If you are

smart, you will not turn down this opportunity. By looking for venues offering free food, you can save money, enjoy an alternative to the Bean, meet new people and possibly find an activity or student group you are interested in being a part of. n Pay special attention to

the attendance policies for your 8 a.m. classes.

Professors include attendance policies in their syllabi to give students a fair amount of flexibility in regards to missing class. I am in no way advocating for carelessly or continuously skipping class, but if you can miss three class sessions without it affecting your grade, make sure you

exert your ability to enjoy those extra hours of sleep guilt free. n Don’t

be too anxious to go home. Don’t develop a pattern of leaving town every weekend, especially during your first several weeks of school. Fight your compulsion to retreat to the familiarity and comfort of home and choose instead to acclimate yourself to life in Abilene. Catching a movie at the Paramount, seeing a show at Monks, getting coffee at Tuscany’s or organizing a game of cops and robbers on campus are all great alternatives to leaving town.n Try your hand at a lot

of new things. This is the time in life to explore new interests and be involved in new activities. Who cares if you have no background in synchronized swimming; give it a try. The university caters to new students, and it’s better to put yourself out there a little than to sit in your dorm room with nothing to do. Pursuing opportunities to be involved on campus is a great way to take part in ACU life. Don’t miss out.

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In Your WordsWhat was your first impression of ACU?

Ben WordFreshman political science and missions major from The Colony.

It’s good. I like the people because they’re cool. I like the community.

I like that the minute I step on campus, it feels like my spiritual life increases.

Emily LoperFreshman undeclared major from Athens.

It’s really fun, there are a lot of nice people and the upperclassmen are really good at guiding.

Destinee NixonFreshman biochemistry major from Mesquite.

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One. Two. Three. Send. This ritual precedes the hard

phone calls I sometimes have to make as a journalist. Sometimes I count for the source I know won’t be happy to hear from me, but more often count for the source whose story will be hard for them to tell.

This week, I wrote a memoir for Aaron Fry, a student who was killed in a motorcycle accident, and although I talked to several of Aaron’s friends, making the phone calls never got any easier.

Those heart-wrenching interviews are a perfect illustration of why I believe in journalism. I don’t buy the ready excuse that the media is at the

root of so many of our cultural problems, nor do I understand people who refuse to talk to the media because they think journalists are out there merely looking to dig up hurtful scandals.

Granted, there are some out there, but aren’t there a few bad eggs in every profession?

A good journalist possesses power to perpetuate change. He—or she—is the perfect stranger who becomes a part of the family as they remember a loved one with tears and laughter. Or who offers a voice to the citizen whose problem is being trampled beneath a slew of legislation or louder voices. A journalist has access to people and places others don’t—and it is more than a job to ask

the hard questions, it is an obligation—even if it means a few slammed doors or resounding dial tones.

And while students may think they don’t care about news or don’t have the time to care, one must remember students’ avid dedication to Facebook.com and its news feed or mankind’s timeless love of gossip and admit that we’ve always loved news when it’s been about people.

Ultimately, that’s what journalism is about—telling the truth about people and to people and nothing more. Today, it may come in the form of an RSS feed, a video clip, a multi-media presentation or a newspaper article.

The modern packaging doesn’t change the message or its intent.

So look to the videos,

photographs and Internet packages you’ll find coming from the student media this year as just another way for us to tell your stories and work with traditional news media like the print Optimist.

Even within constant news and citizen journalism, the field is about truth-telling and empowering people with knowledge. This constant thirst for immediate and breaking news doesn’t mean journalists have to be heartless or needlessly aggressive.

The day I don’t get a little teary when people share stories of a lost loved one, or I feel a little outraged when I hear about an injustice is the day I need to quit. You can’t write about humanity if you’re not acting like a human.

Journalists must be human, not heartless

It’s great. I love the atmosphere and everyone’s really friendly.

Tone’ CastilloFreshman psychology and pre-dental major from Abilene.

Senior offers advice to incoming freshmen

State of MindLauren Sutton

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Monday, August 27, 2007 Page 11CAMPUS NEWS

By Denton JoseyFeatures editor

A Call to Justice de-votional will take place in the Campus Center Living Room at 7:30 p.m. Monday.

The campus chapter of International Justice Mission will host the event. Founded in 1997, International Justice Mis-sion is an organization committed to bringing justice around the world by working with local au-thorities in each country it is established in. IJM has offices in more than 13 countries.

Brandon Smith, senior political science major from Kansas City, Kan., and president of IJM at ACU, said the devotional is for all students inter-ested in justice.

“This will be a big start to the year with the intent of providing focus for the year,” Smith said. “We just want to start out the year focusing on what’s right.”

In the past, ACU’s IJM chapter has raised mon-ey for people in slavery with its “Loose Change to Loosen Chains” campaign. They have also brought to

campus speakers from IJM and help with other social justice issues on campus. Smith said collaborating with other campus groups is a goal for this year.

While IJM will host the devotional, Smith said the priority is getting differ-ent social justice groups to work together as a team. “It’s not a call to IJM or PovertyLink or Save Darfur or Invisible Chil-dren; it’s a call to justice overall—a call to unity,” Smith said.

Abby Barnes, sopho-more double major in political science and com-munication from Odessa, is the social group liaison for IJM at ACU but is also active in the Save Darfur campaign. The Save Dar-fur campaign seeks to raise funds and awareness about the genocide taking place in Darfur. “I think that it’s a really good idea for us to be able to get other people involved,” Barnes said. “IJM is on the title, but the focus isn’t just on IJM this year.”

“I think it’s very im-portant for us to come together; we’re all gener-

ally fighting for the same cause,” Barnes said.

The ACU administration also is concerned with so-cial justice, Smith said.

“The administration is really supportive of student groups—Wayne Barnard is good about always offering us support and allowing us opportunities in Chapel,” Smith said. After quoting the passage from Micah 6:8— the theme for this year’s Lectureship—which talks about justice, love and mercy, he said, “The Bible says there are three things God wants us to do- we should probably do them.”

Smith said this year they want to work on domestic and international issues and awareness. “I think our generation is starting to seek justice on new levels. Our generation is redefin-ing what it means to love your neighbor in the global community. To have this lo-cally active, globally minded group is the way to achieve our goals.” Barnes agreed with Smith. “Honestly, I think the way social jus-tice is going, people com-ing in the next few years are going to be more

concerned and involved,” Barnes said.

With the Save Dar-fur group, Barnes said her goal is to raise more awareness. “I can walk around, and there are still a lot of people who don’t know what it is and what’s going on around there,” she said. “I want to let people know there’s genocide going on, and there’s something we can do.” Barnes said she is planning on arranging a water gun fundraiser for the spring semester to benefit the cause.

One of Smith’s goals is for students to be able to find a group or cause they are interested in and get involved. “Our main goal is to get the groups to coordinate their efforts and get students plugged into where they are inter-ested.” He said he wants to make sure students are matched with their call-ing. “We want incoming students to know there is a host of ways they can get involved.

Student devotional calls for justice

By Mallory EdensPage 2 designer

About 100 parents, students and faculty took part in Prayer Walk around the Lunsford Trail Sunday night.

Before the event began, each walker was provided a guide that outlined five prayer locations with vers-es to mark each spot. Here participants would gather with couples stationed at the trailheads and pray for topics suggested on a guide. These trailheads included Jacob’s Dream, Nelson Hall, The Cross, Mabee Hall and the Northern Trailhead.

Mark Lewis, member of the Prayer Walk plan-ning team, said the walk was created to allow stu-dents and parents to get involved in the mission of the university.

“This is a tangible op-portunity to help parents be a part of what we are do-ing here by being a part of a prayer experience,” said Lewis, director of spiritual life and student ministries. “It was developed for people to come together to call out to the Lord.”

Other members of the planning team included Dr. Phyllis Bolin, assistant professor of mathemat-ics; Eric Gumm, assistant director of the First-Year Program; Samantha Ad-

kins, coordinator of Alum-ni projects; and Elisabeth Pringle, a local parent.

Samantha Adkins said the desires of the planning team in creating Prayer Walk were to allow parents to know this is a commu-nity that is prayed for.

She also wished for the walk to serve as a way for parents to meet each other and bond together.

“We hoped to include upperclassmen and their parents to help calm the nerves of [the parents of] underclassmen,” she said.

Adkins said while all the expectations were met, next time the planning team is going to strive to get infor-mation out earlier in order to spur a higher attendance.

“I would love to have more parents,” Adkins said. “But it was a really good turnout for the amount of notice they had on it.”

In the future, Prayer Walks will take place dur-ing big events at ACU, in-cluding Freshman Follies and Homecoming. Upcom-ing walks are scheduled for 9 a.m., Sept. 29 at Jacob’s Dream and 8 a.m., Oct. 20 at The Cross near Sewell Audi-torium. The planning team also is looking into holding a Prayer Walk during Sing Song weekend.

Students, parents take spiritual stroll

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By Sara Snelsonarts editor

Thirty-nine graduate students and 55 under-graduate students com-pleted their degrees and graduated August 10.

Fewer students gradu-ated this August in com-parison to last August’s graduation, which con-sisted of 60 undergrad-uate students and 57 graduate students.

“August graduations are always a lot smaller because it is not a typical gradua-

tion time, and people are away for the summer on vacation,” said June Black, graduation assistant in the Registrar’s Office.

Comparison to past graduations:

n December 2005: about 240 students graduated

n August 2006: about 117 students graduated

n December 2006: about 250 students

n August 2007: about 94 students graduated

August grad numbers fall from a year ago

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Evan Steele, freshman biblical text major from Grand Prairie, walks his goose, “Chester,” across campus with friends Steven Booker, freshman accounting major from Houston; Tyler Allen, pre-med major from San Antonio; and James Keeton, pre-med major from San Antonio.

Silly Goose

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Page 12 Monday, August 27, 2007FROM THE FRONT

Fry: ‘Never a dull moment’

“He was so protective of me. You would think he was my older brother,” Brittany said.

Conrad Hinojosa, senior management major from McAllen and Aaron’s room-mate, recalled a night at Chili’s on Aug. 16 when Aar-on put his hand on Conrad’s shoulder and said, “It’s good to be with you guys.”

It was great to be around Aaron, friends say. Jessica Bills, senior family studies major from Lubbock, worked with Aaron at Zida, where he worked in trading and dis-tribution for the company. Jessica said she and Aaron shared a brownie every Tues-day and Thursday before going to class, just one tra-dition among many the two shared.

“He used to always just get me one pink rose ran-domly,” Jessica said. “He re-ally was an amazing, sweet, romantic guy.”

Friends remember Aaron for his genuine friendship and his ability to cause a commotion.

“There’s never a dull mo-ment with Aaron,” Nathan said. “If you didn’t know him, you would think he had tur-rets sometimes. He would lit-erally just scream at the top of his lungs.”

Aaron’s many talents ranged from his dedicated work at Zida, to perfectly mimicking a cricket’s chirp to playing the trumpet in ACU’s Big Purple. Friends and family shared stories of Aaron at a memorial Face-

book.com group, recalling times when Aaron mimicked a band member’s laugh on his trumpet, or when he ap-peared for rehearsal dressed in a chicken suit.

“He was very weird; he was very different,” Jessica said. “He just didn’t care.”

Justin Ruiz, junior youth and family ministry major from Belton, met Aaron at a Gamma Sigma Phi, a men’s social club, rush in the fall, and later got to know Aaron while he was pledging.

Aaron took Justin to play disc golf and counted it as a visit.

“It was great,” Justin said. “I really didn’t have that with anybody else. He just took care of me during pledging a lot. He was like a second brother to me.”

Nathan is also a member of GSP, and he credits Aaron as being the reason he decided to pledge, as well as a reason for staying at ACU when he was homesick his freshman year.

“Hanging out with him ev-ery day made me forget that I didn’t want to be here,” Nathan said.

The two met at church camp when they were 8 or 9 years old, Nathan said. They returned as camp counsel-ors for the past few years. One night, Nathan said he and Aaron took golf carts and drove through an empty field after the campers were asleep. They noticed mounds

on the ground and realized they were little armadillos.

“You can get probably five feet from them, and then they take off running,” Nathan said. Chasing them turned into kicking them, and kicking soon turned into to hunting. Nathan laughingly recalled finally getting an armadillo and wrapping it in saran wrap because both were afraid to touch it.

“We were always the crazy ones,” Nathan said.

Friends remembered Aaron working out to Dance, Dance Revolution in plastic bags (to burn more calories), driving in his red Honda Civic and mak-ing cricket noises in Chapel.

And they definitely remem-ber Aaron with a smile.

“Every time he sang, I would look at him and have the biggest grin on my face,” Brittany said. “I was his big-gest fan in whatever he did.”

His voice, she said, is what she will miss the most.

“He was so spontaneous and random,” Brittany said. “We would never really plan anything. There’s no way I can put it all into words…Aar-on was just something you couldn’t put into words.”

Aaron is survived by his parents, Buddy and Debbie Fry of Grandview, and his sis-ter, Brittany Fry (03).

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Flood: Water causes damages, delays move-in for upperclassmenCullen Auditorium, entering from the loading dock, run-ning across the stage and flooding the orchestra pit and first several rows of seat-ing. While the WFF janitorial staff moved in fast to vacuum and dry the flooded areas, the carpet suffered water damage and is beginning to wrinkle.

Bennett Gym also flooded, with water moving into the building from around drains at the roof line.

Nevill said the repair of this building is one that is

currently being discussed as they do not know how hard it will be to fix the damages.

“As the water has come in, the hard wood floor has bub-bled up,” Nevill said. “It’s an old building. Remediating that may be quite a problem. Working on that could be expensive if we have to replace the floor.”

The flooding occurred just prior to Passport, but while the freshmen were not yet here, many upperclassmen were in the midst of moving in. As Abilene saw the floodwaters rise around town in a mat-ter of only a few hours, many

were caught off guard. The un-expected weather interrupted many move-in plans, and the Physical Resources team was forced to put in extended hours throughout the week.

Kaitlin Butler, junior psy-chology major from Mesquite, was moving into a friend’s house when the flood weather started. The Grove was pre-dicted to be complete by Aug. 25. Though Butler said the flood not only added to the irritation, she was feeling wor-ried because her belongings were stored at AA Alpine Self Storage on N. 1st Street, which

was a flood zone.“[The Grove] called me about

a week and a half ago and told me we weren’t going to be able to move in until Saturday,” But-ler said. “It was very stressful. The flood was a concern; I was worried that I wasn’t going to be able to get to my stuff and get it back. To know I was go-ing to have to move three times was upsetting.”

Butler also said the flood worried her because of other recent experiences.

“This summer I had al-ready been through this with a flood being three

houses down [from where I was staying,]” she said. “My first reaction was ‘oh my gosh, this is happening again.’ Knowing my stuff wasn’t accessible and know-ing that some of it was fam-ily heirlooms that I couldn’t get back was upsetting.”

The rains subsided Mon-day, and the water level began to quickly fall, which was a re-lief to many including Butler, whose storage unit remained untouched by the flood. Ac-cording to Damon Lane, chief meteorologist at KTXS, con-ditions should stay clear in

the upcoming week because the storm pattern that hit the community has passed.

“We got remnants of tropical storm Aaron, which was a very slow mover,” Lane said. “We had seen so much rain back in July and early August, and the creeks were already holding water. Plus, we have clay-based soil that does not hold a lot of water. Just getting five to six inches of rain on top of that caused the flooding. Things will be very quiet this weekend and next week. It will be rain free.”

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Schubert graduated with a B.B.A. from ACU in account-ing in 1991 and worked two years at Arthur Anderson, an accounting firm based in Chicago. In 1993, he came back to work at ACU.

His jobs at ACU have in-cluded being a development officer, assistant to the vice president for finances under Jack Rich, director to student financial services, director of financial operations and as the chief financial officer.

The 21st Century Vi-

sion’s framework is set, but Schubert’s job will be to see that it is followed through and to lead ACU to its goal of being the premier Christ-centered institution in the country by 2020.

Schubert said his job’s duties can range from the development of the core cur-riculum to the development of new facilities. Not only will he be in charge of some big-picture outcomes, but the details in how they are accomplished as well.

“Concrete plans that say, ‘this is how we get there; this

is what we’re going to do first, this is what we’re going to do second; this is how we’re going to fund it; these are the people that are going to be involved; here’s the time frame…,” Schubert said. “There’s a lot of work involved.”

As the second part of his position, promoting external partnerships, Schubert is a main member on a team that is working with Apple and AT&T on the iPhone project and has worked in the past with Genesis Networks.

Schubert: VP takes lead with projects Continued from page 1

Phil Schubert went to Apple headquarters to meet about the possibilities of get-ting iPhones and got ACU named as one of 10 universi-ties nation-wide taking part of this pilot study.

“We’re going, ‘OK, I think this is a kinda cool devise,” Roberts said. “We’re all trying to explore how does this change the way college universities are run.”

Roberts said right now there are no formal plans in place for the deployment of iPhones to all students on campus. It is too early in the research stage for anyone to make a prediction.

“I have no idea that if at

some point in time all this re-search culminates, and every-one gets an iPhone on campus,” Roberts said.

Faculty are applying to get an iPhone as part of a research group to develop applications and uses for the iPhone if used as part of the curriculum. Their research will dictate the next steps ACU will take with pursu-ing the iPhone.

Roberts also said students who already have iPhones may be used to help with research. However, if it is decided that students must pay for their phone and not be given one, the LINK team doesn’t want to waste that money.

”We don’t want to be

wasting their cash,” Bill Rankin, professor in the English department said. “We want to be sure of that because we’re stewards to them financially.”

George Saltsman, director of Education Technology in the Adams Center for Teach-ing Excellence, said this col-laboration could be a tremen-dous opportunity for ACU.

“This is the best opportu-nity ACU has had to become a national leader in higher education,” Saltsman said. “I think we’ll excel exceedingly well in that challenge.”

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“He was so spontaneous and random. We would never really plan anything.”

Brittany Fry (’03), Aaron’s sister

with one another. In the coming weeks, stu-

dents will be able to sign up for the small group of their choice. Students will spend four weeks with their small group before they can choose to sign up for a different one. After the students’ four-week period with the small group, they will have two more op-portunities. These will also span four weeks.

Students must attend the small group they sign up for, or they will not receive

Chapel credit. Chapel on Thursdays will

still consist of small groups which, according to the ACU Chapel Web site will “encour-age spiritual formation among organizations, departments and groups”, but now it will be referred to as Connection Groups. However, there will not be a small group that meets in Moody Coliseum on this day as it has been done in previous years.

Chapel on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays will still continue to meet in Moody Coliseum. Mon-

days will still be a time where the ACU community re-connects after a week-end through announce-ments and a theme speak-er. Wednesdays will vary from week to week, with such things as departmen-tal Chapel or reflective time. Fridays will continue to be Praise Day.

“We’re not trying to make Chapel different for differ-ence sake. We want students to have options and choices,” Barnard said.

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will be able to rebound next week at the Alamo City Invita-tional in San Antonio.

“We’re going to work on cut-ting down errors on things that we have control over,” Mock said. “Overall, we lost the games this weekend due to our errors on our side of the court, and so we’re going to work this week to make sure that we force oth-er teams to make errors.”

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ACU single-season and ca-reer saves records. He fin-ished the 2007 season with a team-leading 1.00 ERA in 54 innings of work.

Maj also received confer-ence and regional honors for his record-breaking season with the Wildcats. He was named Pitcher of the Year in the Lone Star Conference and first team all-Region.

Maj was also dominant during the summer, playing in the Texas Collegiate League for the Denton Outlaws. Maj recorded four saves, 26 strike-outs and had a 1.88 ERA in 24 innings of work.

He is the fifth ACU base-ball player in the history of the program to be drafted by a major league team.

“We’re excited for him to have a chance to go play at the next level,” said head baseball coach Britt Bon-neau. “It just shows you, one, where our program is and two, how special it was to have a guy like that.”

Maj said he hasn’t had an opportunity to pitch in a game for the Muckdogs yet, but he is just glad to be one step closer to playing major league baseball.

“If I wouldn’t have gotten drafted I would have been extremely disappointed,” Maj said. “I’m just glad it happened, so I can go on with what has originally been my dream my whole life—to play major league baseball.”

Maj: Shot at the big leagues

America preseason poll, but Wilson said the tough com-petition would only make his team stronger.

“Those are the schools that are going to be true tests to get us ready for conference,” Wilson said.

ACU will play No. 19 Mis-souri Southern at home Sept. 7 and No. 10 St. Edwards in Austin Sept. 14, and the Wildcats are eager for the competition.

“It’s only gonna make us better,” said freshman forward Lyndsey Womack, who scored the first goal in ACU history Friday. “We can’t just play easy teams because we’re a brand new team; we got to learn from each other.”

For freshman midfielder Courtney Wilson, playing ranked teams is a chance to see where ACU needs to set the bar.

“It gives us a taste of where we need to be,” Wilson said. “We know we’re gonna play tough teams.”

An assemblage of talentWith only three full scholar-

ships to work with, Wilson as-

sembled a surprisingly talented roster for ACU’s first season.

Womack and Courtney Wilson were both all-district selections in high school, and they both know what it takes to win.

Womack, who graduated from Longview High in 2006, broke the single-season scor-ing record for three straight seasons in a row and left the program with a school record of 68 goals.

Wilson, a former Odessa-Permian High School stand-out, also had her fair share of success in high school. The midfielder led her team to a District 3-5A championship in 2007, and the Permian Pan-thers reached the Regional I-5A semifinals twice in her four-year career in Odessa. Womack and Wilson each scored a pair of goals in an unofficial exhibition against Division III opponent Mary Hardin-Baylor Tuesday.

But the freshmen aren’t the

only ones that can score. Reese, a former Abilene

High School standout who graduated in 2004, and junior midfielder Jackie Gentile, who transferred from San Jacinto College, are two of-fensive weapons that Wilson said he expects to contribute to a successful season.

Reese was already attend-ing ACU before joining the team and is one of five girls who tried out for the team in the spring and made the roster for the ‘07 season. At Abilene High, Reese was the Eagle’s offensive MVP in 2003 and 2004 and a first team selection in District 3-5A in 2003.

Gentile, a dual athlete for ACU, will play softball in the spring but for now is a one of the few girls on the team with collegiate experi-ence. She was a first team all-Foothill conference se-lection her freshman season and a second team selection

her sophomore season at San Jacinto College.

Reese and Gentile also scored one goal a piece in the exhibition against Mary Hardin-Baylor.

Whether ACU’s inaugural season exceeds or meets the expectations set for them, one thing is certain: it will be a historic one.

“I was talking to Lyndsey [Womack], and I was like ‘Lyndsey, do you realize you are the first person to score a goal for the ACU soccer team,’” freshman midfielder Sadie Barton said. “It’s kind of mind blowing if you think about it.”

ACU’s first home game will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. against Texas-Permian Ba-sin. ACU will play all its home games at the old in-tramural fields between Ed-wards Hall and Wells Field.

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Sophomore defender Alyson Thomas and sophomore midfielder Kathy Maxwell battle for a ball during dribbling and shooting drills Thursday.

although former acU closer Jameson maj only played one season at acU before being drafted, it was a season filled with records and honors:

n Maj tied the NCAA Division II record for saves in a season and broke the ACU single-season and career saves records after recording 20 saves in 2007.

n Maj was named to two all-American rosters: the American Baseball Coaches’ Association and the Daktronics

n Maj had a team best 1.00 ERA and was named the Lone Star Conference’s Pitcher of the Year for his record-breaking season.

n Maj was ACU’s only all-Region selection; he was named first team all-Region by the American Baseball Coaches’ Association for his record-breaking season.

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“I was talking to Lyndsey [Womack] and I was like ‘Lyndsey, do you realize you are the first person to

score a goal for the ACU soccer team,’”

Sadie Barton, freshman midfielder

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Adrian Hendricks, freshman exercise science major from Frisco, hits a jumper during the men’s Welcome Week intramural basketball champi-onship in Scruggs Gymnasium on Saturday.

‘Welcome’ Hoops

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spOrtsmOnday

By Daniel JohnsonSportS Editor

Jameson Maj is one step closer to his life long dream.

The former ACU record-breaking closer signed with the St. Louis C a r d i n a l s Aug. 15 and is playing for the Batavia Muckdogs, a short season minor league ball club based out of Batavia, New York that feeds college draftees into the Cardinal’s system.

“It was weird because it’s a new stage of my life,” Maj said. “I was going to school then I signed, and next thing I know I’m flying out of Abilene at 5:30 in the morning to go to New York.”

Maj was drafted by the de-fending World Series cham-pions in the major league baseball amateur draft in the 45th round of the 50-round draft in early June, but the all-American did not sign with the Cardinals until the middle of August.

Maj said he did not sign immediately because he was waiting to see if the Cardi-nals would offer him any more money. They didn’t so Maj signed before the Aug. 15 deadline passed.

“I thought they were gon-na up the money a little bit,” Maj said.

A 2007 first team all-American selection on the American Baseball Coaches’ Association and Daktron-ics, Maj is one of the best closers the ACU baseball program has ever seen. Al-though he only played one season as a Wildcat, he led the NCAA with 20 saves in 2007 which tied the NCAA Division II record for saves in a season and broke the

Former pitcher stepping closer to dream

By Daniel JohnsonSportS Editor

They may be picked to finish last in the Lone Star Conference, but if the wom-en of the inaugural ACU soc-cer team have anything to say about it, their first sea-son will not be a write-off.

“We don’t want to be con-sidered the first-year team or have this season be a building year,” sophomore midfielder Jordan Reese said. “We definitely want

to challenge teams the first time around.”

Despite doubts in ACU’s first women’s soccer team, head coach Casey Wilson said he is confident his team has the potential to make its first season a winning one, and with and a preseason schedule designed to chal-lenge the freshman team made up of high school standouts and transfers

with college experience, Wil-son’s expectations may not be overzealous.

Preparing for what’s nextACU women’s soccer team

already had a night of firsts. ACU claimed its first win af-ter scoring its first goal when the Wildcats beat Texas Wes-leyan 1-0 in ACU’s first offi-cial NCAA game Friday.

But what is next may be what shapes ACU’s inaugu-ral season.

The Wildcats have seven preseason games scheduled before it kicks off confer-ence play against Angelo State on Sept. 21, including two games against national-ly ranked teams, St. Edwards and Missouri Southern.

Both teams qualified for the NCAA tournament in 2006, and both teams are ranked in the top 25 of the National Soc-cer Coaches Association of

First-year soccer program hoping for success

By Michael FreemanASSiStAnt SportS Editor

The ACU women’s volley-ball team kicked off its sea-son against a few of the na-tion’s top teams Friday at the Florida Southern Invitational in Lakeland, Fla. The Wildcats went 0-4 at the tournament, but the weekend’s results were not fruitless.

“Overall, I think this weekend was a very posi-tive experience,” said head coach Kellen Mock. “We didn’t come away with vic-

tories like we would’ve liked to; however, we learned a lot this weekend.”

Mock said team building and competing against teams nationally ranked in the top 10 were two main benefits of the Florida tournament.

ACU got its first taste of elite play Friday against Hillsdale College, the No. 10 team in the nation according to the American Volleyball Coaches Association pre-

season poll. The Wildcats fell to the Hillsdale Chargers in four games, 30-21, 30-19, 30-22. Next, ACU took on Metro State and fell in a five-game heartbreaker, 29-31, 30-24, 30-18, 34-36, 15-11.

The Wildcats returned to the court Saturday as they went up against the Univer-sity of Findlay. Even though each game was hotly con-tested, ACU fell to Findlay in three games, 30-26, 30-26, 30-19.

ACU wrapped up the

weekend by playing Florida Southern, the No. 5 team in the nation. ACU lost in three games by the close score of 30-26, 30-25, 30-23.

“We played at a very high level this weekend,” Mock said. “However, this is a great tournament with re-ally high-caliber teams, and you can’t say what could’ve been. You can only say what happened, and what we can learn from it and how we can get better.”

Errors such as not keep-

ing serves in bounds and poor ball control played part in the Wildcat loss. Still, the season is young, and the Wildcats will have time to improve as they will not have to play another nation-ally ranked team until late September when they take on defending LSC champs, No. 14 West Texas A&M.

Despite falling in their first four matches, the Wild-cats are confident that they

Losses to nationally ranked opponents provide early lessons

By Michael FreemanASSiStAnt SportS Editor

Welcome Week intramurals saw a record number of stu-dents participate with more than 550 freshmen compet-ing in intramural basketball, flag football and volleyball games. Participation was so high that teams had to re-sort to round-robin play so that everyone would have the chance to compete.

“We had a great turnout this week,” said intramurals crew chief Trey Allen. “Great turnout for everything, even volleyball. We had seven guys’ teams in volleyball; it was great.”

Due to the large turnout, vol-leyball matches were played in round-robin fashion, but bas-ketball and flag football had

championship matches. In bas-ketball, Callie Young coached Team 1 in the women’s bracket, and Ben Rogers led Team 5 in the men’s bracket to their re-spective intramural titles. In men’s flag football, Team 4, led by Katie Howerton and Aman-da Dovers, took the title. On the women’s side, Team 6, coached by Stephen Powell and Edris Yousefi, won the flag football championship. The flag foot-ball brackets were especially competitive with more than 260 freshmen playing.

“[Intramural director] Danny Kittley told me that I set a re-cord for signing people up,” Allen said. “This is the biggest turnout supposedly we’ve had

ever or had in a long time.”Basketball and volleyball

matches were held in the double gym inside the Gibson Health and Physical Education Center, and flag football games took place on the Larry “Satch” Sanders Intramural Field. More so than awareness of the ACU campus and intramurals pro-gram, Allen said Welcome Week intramurals were about meeting new people and build-ing friendships.

“It’s actually more about participation,” Allen said. “You sign up by yourself, we throw you on a team with peo-ple you don’t know and you’ve got to play a sport with them. It is just about participation, getting to know people and mingling a little bit.”

Ben Warton, freshman broad-cast journalism major from Fort Worth, played men’s basketball for Team 6 and agreed with the idea that Welcome Week intra-murals are great for mingling.

“It’s a good way to meet a bunch of people,” Warton said. “You get to make new friends.”

One of Warton’s team-mates, Austin Holt, freshman Biblical text major from Gran-bury, said he plans to play in future intramural sports because of his positive Wel-come Week experience.

“I thought it was pretty fun,” Holt said. “I’ll be trying to do the Champ league for football and the Rec league for basketball.”

Freshmen ‘Welcome’ intramural participation

The ACU women’s soccer team will play home games in its first season in the Lone Star Conference. ACU’s first home game will be against Texas Permian Basin on Tuesday at 2 p.m. All of ACU’s home games will be played at the old intramural fields between Edward’s Residence Hall parking lot and Wells Field.

Opponent Date/TimeTexas-Permian Basin Tues., 2 p.m.

St. Mary’s Friday, 5 p.m.

College of the Southwest Sept. 2, 2 p.m.

McMurry Sept. 5, 4 p.m.

Missouri Southern Sept. 7, 5 p.m.

Ouachita Baptist Sept. 9, 1 p.m.

St. Edwards Sept. 14, 5 p.m.

Dallas Baptist Sept. 15, 6 p.m.

*Angelo State Sept. 21, 4 p.m.

Hardin-Simmons Sept. 25, 4 p.m.

*West Texas A&M Sept. 28, 3 p.m.

*Eastern New Mexico Sept. 30, 2 p.m.

*Midwestern State Oct. 3, 6 p.m.

*East Central Oct. 12, 4 p.m.

*Northeastern State Oct. 14, 2 p.m.

*Southwestern Okla. Oct. 21, 2 p.m.

*Texas A&M-Commerce Oct. 26, 4 p.m.

*Texas Woman’s Oct. 28, 2 p.m.

n Home games listed in Italics*Denotes conference game

2007 SOCCer SCheDule

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TraCK anD FielD: The ACU men’s track and field team won its sixth straight national title, and the ACU women’s team was runner-up to Lincoln, Mo., at the NCAA Division II track and field championships in Charlotte, N.C. on May 24-26. ACU long-distance phenom Nicodemus Naimaidu won his eleventh individual title after winning the steeplechase in the final day of the national meet. Naimaidu set a meet record with his steeplechase time of 8:36.24. Other ACU athletes that won individual titles were Davy Manga in the men’s triple jump, Julius Nyango in the men’s 800, Camille Van-dendriessche in the decathlon and Jessica Withrow in the heptathlon.

BaSeBall: The ACU baseball team won the Lone Star Conference South and posted a program record 47 wins in 2007. ACU lost in the LSC championship game to Angelo State, and did not receive a bid to the South Central regional tournament.LSC South Coach of the year, head coach Britt Bonneau, recorded his 450th win as a coach in 2007, and seven Wildcats were named first team all-LSC.

TenniS: Both the men’s and women’s tennis teams quali-fied for the NCAA Division II national tennis tournament in Altamonte Springs, Fla. after both nationally ranked teams swept the South Central Regional tournaments. Both teams were knocked out in the quarterfinals of the tournament by the men’s and women’s West Florida teams. The ACU women finished at No. 6 nationally, while the men ended with a No. 20 ranking.

GOlF: The ACU golf team recorded a top 10 finish at the NCAA Division II national tournament in Allendale, Mich. May 22. ACU tied for eighth in Michigan with Cal-State Stanislaus after combining for a team score of 1,202 or 66-over-par.

SOFTBall: The ACU softball team finished its season with a 25-24 record. ACU did not qualify for the postseason. Three ACU softball players were named all-LSC: junior centerfielder Leisha Johnson, senior catcher Samantha Borgeson and senior third baseman Nicole Deil.

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Freshman midfielder Katie Miller dribbles past junior defender Lauren Hale and prepares to take a shot at goal during practice Thursday. ACU will play its first home game on against Texas-Permian Basin on Tuesday.

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Steven Rizzoto, freshman business marketing major from Sugarland, leaps during a Welcome Week intra-mural flag football game Thursday.

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Tuesday

WOmen’S SOCCerACU vs. Texas-Permian Basin, 2 p.m.

Friday

WOmen’S SOCCerACU at St. Mary’s, 5 p.m.

VOlleyBallACU at Incarnate Word, 7 p.m.

Saturday

CrOSS COunTryACU Cross Country Classic, 10 a.m.

VOlleyBallACU at Trinity, 2 p.m. ACU at Texas A&M International, 6 p.m.n Home games listed in Italics

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Soccer

Friday

VOlleyBallNo. 10 Hillsdale College 3, ACU 0Metro St. 3, ACU 2

WOmen’S SOCCerACU 1, Texas Wesleyan 0

Saturday

VOlleyBallFindlay 3, ACU 0No. 5 Florida Southern 3, ACU 0