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Executive elections to peak
student voting to start after
Dy BETTY DATTROS
Optimist Staff
The Students' Association executive
elections arc scheduled to begin
Monday in the Campus Center
ticket window at 11:30 a.m. Eight
students will compete Tor the three
offices.
The three students competing for
the SA presidential office are Dar-
ren Duvall Mike Carr and Todd
Bouldin.
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Austin Is SA Major Speakers Series
chairman president of Alpha Chi
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ACU students Dennis Turner left junior management major from Arlington Inspect an Apache AH 64 Army attack helicopter
from Lewlsville and Mike Mestan junior corporate fitness major Wednesday afternoon at the HSU soccer field.
Student Foundation applications due Friday
DyLISAM.HESKETH
Optimist Staff
Friday is the last day to turn in an
application for those interested in
joining the Student Foundation
said Wendy Brashear president of
the organization.
Students who submit their ap
Loan group
DyQRETCHENSCHULTZ
Optimist Staff
The Texas Guaranteed Student
Loan Corporation began mailing
out reports to participating GSL
program schools in an effort to curb
the default rate.
The TGSLC will mail a list of
Musical auditions to begin 7
Auditions for the 1989
Homecoming musical "The King
and I" will take place Monday and
Tuesday between 7 and 1 1 p.m. in
the Vandcrpool Building on Cam-
pus Court.
Students may reserve an audition
time by signing a schedule on the
call board in Sewell Theatre.
Each student will be given five
minutes to present a one to two
minute monologue and perform a
selected song.
Students also may choose to per-
form a duet scene rather than a
monologue.
More information about the audi-
tions such as the selection of songs
available to perform at the audi-
tions can be obtained at either
social club. He will be a program
director for Welcome Week VI.
Carr junior English major from
Tulsa Okla. is SA treasurer and a
member of Galaxy social club. Dur-
ing his freshman and sophomore
years he was a class senator.
Bouldin senior Bible major from
Smyrna Tenn. has been involved
in the SA for four years. He was on
the Special Activities Committee
and serves as Spiritual Life Com-
mittee chairman.
SA vice president contenders are
Craig Barnett and Don Heycn.
Barnett junior radio-TV major
from Carbondalc Colo. is SA sec
plications will be interviewed Mon-
day by the present officers and
Dewby Ray sponsor of the
organization.
Those chosen will be notified by
mail if they arc accepted to the
organization Brashear said.
New members will be able to at-
tend the social April 21 and also
mails reports to ACU
participating students' names and
social security numbers as well as
the amount borrowed interest rates
numbers of loans and the lenders of
each loan to school financial aid of-
fices at the end of each quarter.
The Financial Aid Office is re-
quired to do exit interviews with
every graduating student par-
Sewell Theatre or the main desk of
the Brown Library.
Students may audition for any of
the 10 speaking roles in the
musical and women can audition
for the women's chorus.
"Wc really need people for the
women's chorus it is a big part of
the musical. Just because you don't
have any experience in drama is no
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retary and a member of Galaxy
social club. He has been involved
with the SA for three years and was
voted most outstanding freshman
senator by S A members.
Heycn junior biology major from
Stafford Kan. is a member of
Alpha Chi vice president of Gam-
ma Sigma Phi social club and junior
class secretary. He was a freshman
and sophomore senator.
The candidates for SA treasurer
arc Doug Hall Levi Turner and
JefTOrick.
Hall junior finance major from
Atlanta is a member of Gamma
Sigma Phi social club and treasurer
will be expected to help with sur-
vival kits she said.
New officers for next year will be
notified and the students chosen
can accept or decline the position
she said.
If the student thinks he cannot
assume the responsibilities he can
cither request another office or
ticipatmg in the GSL program said
Don Hilton assistant financial aid
director.
Hilton said the Financial Aid Of-
fice icminds students of their loan
repayment obligations and en-
courages them to meet financial
See Aid p. 4
p.m. Monday
excuse not to go ahead and come try
out" said Adam Hester director of
the play.
The musical will be performed
Oct. 19-2? and was selected because
it seems to be one of the all-time
favorite musicals Hester said.
"We had great success doing
'Oklahoma' last year and it seemed
like everyone enjoys musicals so we
decided since 'The King and I' was
last performed here in 1976 we
would do it again" Hester said.
Nancy Gore choreographer for
the Abilene Ballet Theatre will be
the choreographer for the show.
She also will lead a company from
the Ballet Theatre in the scene
"The Little House of Uncle
Thomas" in the musical
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for the junior class. In the fall he
will serve on the Welcome Week
Steering Committee. He also was
sophomore class treasurer.
Turner sophomore public rela-
tions major from Tulsa Okla. is a
member of Galaxy social club and
president of the sophomore class.
He also served as a freshman class
senator. He was a Welcome Week
Intcr-G group leader and a Sing
Song 1989 assistant house manager.
Orick sophomore accounting ma-
jor from Omaha Neb. is president
of Gamma Sigma Phi social club
and a sophomore class senator. He
also was a freshman senator.
decline the opportunity.
Brashear said not as many stu-
dents applied as she would have lik-
ed. Letters have been sent to parents
asking them to buy survival kits.
Brashear said the Student Founda-
tion will put the kits together the
week before finals.
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Saturday
concert
to bill
jazz star
By RANDALL VAUGHN
Optimist Staff
Jazz trumpeter Jon Faddis will be
accompanied by the ACU Jazz
Ensemble when he performs a free
concert in Cullen Auditorium
Saturday at 7.3Qp.m.
I'eoplc are
fascinated by
people in the
music busi
ness" said
John Daniel
instructor of
music "but
some of the
real popular musicians are inac-
cessible. This will give the students
a chance to really talk with someone
in the business."
Faddis 32 became a professional
trumpeter and also made a guest
appearance with the famous
trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie at age
15.
Since that time Faddis has per-
formed in numerous jazz festivals
in Carnegie Hall and at the White
House again with Gillespie.
His trumpet has been featured on
a special jazz segment of the 1986
Grammy Awards and can be heard
in commercials and in the theme of
NBC's "The Cosby Show."
Faddis also has accompanied
other famous artists such as The
Rolling Stones Frank Sinatra
Julian Lennon and Billy Joel.
In addition to the concert Faddis
will provide advice for students dur-
ing a clinic from 4-5:30 p.m. Satur-
day. The clinic will give the trumpeter
a chance to talk to students about
jazz improvisation what it is like to
make a living performing jazz and
other advice Daniel said.
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Friday April 7 1989
Student
retention
concerns
ACU staff
DyLISAM.HESKETH
Optimist Staff
The number of students graduating
from high school since 1959 has
decreased by 250000 every year
according to David Ellis' Student
Success
In 1959 the number of children
being born in the United States
began to decline.
"The basic statistical fact is a
couple of hundred colleges are go-
ing to go out of business 'cause
there ain't gonna be enough kids to
go around" said Reg Cox assistant
director of campus life.
Student retention labeled as such
at ACU is a big concern in colleges
and universities across the United
States today Cox said.
"In the past colleges have said
'Who cares? There's more coming
next year anyway.' Now suddenly
there's less and less and less and less
and less so colleges have got to kind
of pay their dues for not really
working hard all along in helping a
student stay in the universities and
college systems" he said.
On a national basis 50 percent of
all students who start college never
finish.
Fiftyr percent of this year's
frcsfiman class will not graduate for
one reason or another he said.
Cox added that ACU has a liberal
admissions policy meaning that
even if a student bombed the ACT
or did not make good grades in high
school he still will be admitted.
ACU is dedicated to letting just
about anybody in Cox said. The
school gives everyone a chance.
However students who score
below a 15 on the ACT must take
general education classes that do not
count toward their degree.
"ACU allows you to prove that
you can compete in college through
the general education program"
Cox said.
The average dropout rate for a
school with liberal admissions poli-
cy like ACU is 33 percent.
However ACU only loses about
23-25 percent every year.
Cox said his job is devoted to
working with students who have
problems and answering the ques-
tion: How can you increase the
chances for students who start ACU
to complete their degree plans?
"That's what my job is geared to
do make sure that there's no such
thing as a problem that cannot be
solved" he said.
Dr. Gary D. McCaleb vice
president and dean of campus life
said the reasons students give for
leaving can be divided into two
categories: controllable and uncon-
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