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Mabee
By Robekah Qlbba
Editor (n Chief
The J.E. and L.E. Mabec Foundation
issued a $2.5 million challenge grant for
renovations campus facilities said Presi-
dent William J. TeagUe.
The challenge requires the university to
raise an additional $5.1 million by Oct. 1
1990 to receive the grant Tcague said.
He said the university is seeking gifts
from corporations friends of the universi-
ty and projects to raise the money needed
to meet the challenge.
About $1.5 million already has been
failed through direct solicitation. Tcague
Christmas fatigue
Three-year-old Christmas for Children
Gomez rests after a "snow" fight at a
Zona Luce to be renovated
Teague announces Agriculture Department fund-raising campaign
By Lance- Fleming
Optimist Staff
President William J. Teague recently an-
nounced a $600000 campaign to renovate
the Zona Luce Building for the Depart-
ment of Agriculture. '
The department already has raised
$100000 to launch the campaign said Dr.
Glenn Davis dean of the College of Natu-
ral and Applied Sciences.
The cantpaign "Building for
Agriculture: The Campaign for Zona
Luce" will honor four men who have
given a total of 120 years to the depart-
ment. They are Dr. P.M. Churchill Dr.
Keith Justice the late T.W. Colby and
the late Dewey Davis.
Churchill professor emeritus of
agriculture and biology continues to do
outreach work for the university. He came
to ACU in 1948 and served as department
chairman from 1950-61.
Justice a soilagronomy specialist
worked at ACU from 1950-85. He served
bs 'department chairman from 1961-80
Colby came to ACU in 1947 and retired
Christian Homes collects
blood to pay medical bills
By Denis' McGlnnls
Optimist Staff
Christian Homes of Abilene collected 193
Eints of blood for Meek Community
lood Bank Nov. 28-30 in the Main
Room of the Campus Center
"ACU blood drives arc good blood
drives" said Tim Yandell of Christian
Homes of Abilene. "There aren't very
many that are larger so we depend on that
blood."
The bank collected 57 pints Noy. 28 67
Nov. 29 and 69 Nov. 30.
Christian Homes receives $25. credit
toward its bill at Hendrick Medical Center
for every pint of blood donated; It re-
ceived $4825 credit on its account from
this blood drive.
Donors are eligible to win a trip to
Anaheim Calif. after four donations. The
trip will be awarded Jan. 31 1990 at the
conclusion of National Volunteer Blood
Donor's Month.
"There is no substitute for human
offers challenge grant
said thoughtful friends have already seen
the need and pledged their money.
The major purpose of the fund raising is
to renovate and modernize the Foster
Science Building. Tcague said plans cur-
rently are being made for plastering
painting new wiring and floor' plan
changes in the 43-year-old building.
The grant also will be used to relocate
and renovate the Learning Enhancement
Center strengthen the endowment fund
for faculty members' salaries and enhance
the library and the athletic program.
Tcague said the LEC eventually will be
moved to the first level of the Brown
Library.
participant Crystal
Christmas party in
in 1975. Colby managed Allen Farm while
teaching here and he specialized in meats
and the mechanicalmachinery aspects of
agriculture.
Davis served a? department chairman
from 1946-50. Davis an agricultural
economist used his skills to organize the
department's curriculum and integrate the
recently acquired farm into the course
work.
Dr. B.E. Brokaw chairman of the
Department of Agriculture said the goal
of the campaign is "to make a state-of-the-art
facility."
"We're going to have modern labs for
the soil and agronomy divisions and a
computer facility for the agri-business op-
tion" he said.
Brokaw said the building is structurally
sound so basic remodeling will include
replacing some windows and plumbing
and doing some electrical work.
According to a brochure about the cam-
paign the $600000 will be divided as
follows: $400165 for renovation; $27673
for furnishings; $83401 for laboratory
equipment; and $88761 for other ex
blood. Even though some hospital patients
arc able to 'store' their own blood prior to
surgery most people needing blood must
rely upon the selflessness and generosity
of volunteer donors" said President
George Bush in a press release.
Meek Community Blood Bank needs
about 1000 pints of blood a month said
Jeannie Sanders donor. The ACU drive
gives the blood bank a dependable income
ofblood.
"It keeps blood available in the com-
munity which is very vital. Wc have to
have this blood" Sanders said.
According to Meek Blood Bank
Statistics someone in the United States
needs a blood transfusion every two sec-
onds and 1800 are given every hour. An
estimated eight million donors are needed
this year.
President Bush said "I urge all Ameri-
cans to take a few minutes to learn more
about giving blood and to participate In
neighborhood blood drives at church
school or place of employment"
Faculty salaries will be covered through
endowment earnings Tcague said. The
money also will be used for new books and
periodicals in the library.
The grant also will include endowments
for various sports Tcague said. He said
scholarships will be developed for football
and basketball
The Mabee Foundation has provided
grant funds to ACU totaling $8.5 million
for capital improvements since 1982.
The foundation gave its largest single
grant ever when it gave $3 million for.the
College of Biblical Studies Building and
it also was the largest grant ever received
by ACU.
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Bennett Gymnasium Saturday morning. Children opened
gifts and each family received a ham donated by Grandy's.
penses. '
Chairmen for the campaign are Gordon
Koonce of-Wharton and Glenn Tuttle of
Ulysses Kan. " ' 'f
'Those two gentlemen werej aware of
the things wc needed" Brokaw said.
"When the idea came up they approached
the administration about funds. It's not
like wc had to beg them to take the cam-
paign." The campaign committee consists of
ACU graduates helping to raise the funds
for the project.
Churchill said the members of the steer-
ing committee will suggest equipment
they would have liked to have when they
were in college.
"When we are finished this building
will have all the latest things available to
work with in the labs he said."
The Zona Luce Building is the former
home of the Abilene Christian Schools.
The Department of Agriculture moved
into the building two years ago from the
Foster Science Building when the ACS
moved to its present location on Judge Ely
Boulevard.
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Student Foundation president Todd Davis presents President William J.
Teague with a check for $10000 during Chnpel Monday. The money was
raised as part of a three-year pledge for the College of Biblical Studies
I Building. Seb page 7 for story.
The Mabee Business Buildirig and an
addition to the Brown Library are other
projects receiving funds from the foundai
tion.
"The challenge gift will create the
momentum necessary to raise the neces-
sary funds to complete the campaign"
said Dr. C.L. Kay vice chancellor.
"The trustees of the Mabee Foundation
have been most generous to the university
and for their support we are extremely
grateful. The support of the J.E. and L.E.
Mabec Foundation has been important in
the emergence of Abilene Christian as one
of the major leading private universities in
the Southwest" he said.
Christmas
for Children
concludes
with flurries
ByKeMhAtowkM
Optimist SUM
Snow covered the inside of Bennett Gym-
nasium by 11 a.m. Saturday one hour
after the Christmas for Children Christ-
mas party began.
Fifteen large trash bags filled with
shredded paper were dumped onto the
floor of Bennett Gym shortly after 10
a.m. sparking a simulated snowball fight
that involved almost all of the ACU stu-
dents and their "adopted" children who
attended the party.
The shredded-paper fight was probably
the activity that most of the children at the
party liked the best said Jennifer Cullar
party coordinator.
The paper for the snow fight was col-
lected from offices around campus where
workers had been saving paper for the past
fev; weeks said Cullar senior elementary
education major from Tallahassee Fla.
Between throwing snowballs the
children sang Christmas carols ate cook-
ies drank punch and opened Christmas
presents.
Each family represented by the children
also received a ham donated by Grandy's
Corporation.
Children had the opportunity to visit
and have their pictures taken with Santa
Claus who some say was really Toby
Osburn graduate student of divinity from
Abilene.
The party "pretty much followed the
same format" as last year Cifilar said.
"We got a lot of comments about how
well-organized it was" said Rodney Lan-
drum senior marketing major from Win-
field. Landrum said he thought both the
children and the ACU students had fun.
"This is kind of a tension releaser for
students too" he said.
Cullar said she thought about 500-600
students and children participated in the
party.
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Campaigns p. 7
Spring Break Campaigns are filling
up fast with only four destinations
still open.
Foreign Students p. 3
Life at college is filled with special
trials and struggles for students from
other cultures.
Basketball p. 6
The men's basketball team picked
up its first win in its 1989-90 season
against St. Edwards University
Voters to receive
new certificates
AUSTIN (AP) - Texas' 8.2 mil-
lion registered voters should have
their new two-year voting certificates
by Christmas the secretary of state's
office says.
A statewide mailing is delivering
new certificates that will be in effect
from Jan. 1 1990 through Dec. 31
1991 Secretary of State George
Bayoud said Monday.
The cards should be automatically
mailed to currently registered voters
Bayoud said.
Anyone who wishes to vote in the
March 13 primary election must be
registerarbyFeb.'li 1990.' ". '
Ciprdhemici
cause cancer risk
. WASHINGTON (AP) - The En-
vironmental Protection Agency is call-
ing for curbs on the pesticide EBDC
saying widespread use of the che'rnical
on .scores of crops from apples to
tomatoes poses an unreasonable
cancer risk.
The EPA on Monday proposed
eliminating the use of the EBDC fam-
ily of fungicides on 45 crops but said
its continued use on another 10 food
products including grapes onions
and cranberries "does not present an
unreasonable risk" to consumers.
Exxon cleans up
Alaskan oil spill
WASHINGTON (AP) - Exxon
Corp. has spent an "unbelievable"
$1.9 billion cleaning up last spring's
Alaskan oil spill. Transportation Sec-
retary Samuel Skinner said.
It was the highest detailed estimate
yet of the cleanup cost for the March
spill given by cither the government
or the company.
Skinner continuing his long-running
praise of Exxon's efforts said
Monday the full story of the extent of
the cleanup after the tanker Exxon
Valdez ran aground in Prince William
Sound has not been told. The ship
spilled more than 10 million gallons
of Alaskan crude oil that spread over a
vast area.
IRS investigates
Reagans' taxes
WASHINGTON (AP) - The IRS
wants to know more about Nancy
Reagan's dresses.
The former first lady's taste in de-
signer gowns which once brought her
atticism for their expense now has
IRS agents wanting to know if she
owes back taxes for their use The
Washington Post reported in Thurs-
day's editions.
"he Optimist sincerely apologizes
for reporting in a headline in the
Nov. 15 edition that Jeff Berryman
Sing Song coordinator chose the
1990 Sing Song assistant stage man-
agers and assistant house managers.
Actually Doug Hall and Chrystal
Smith Sing Song co-chairs helped
house managers Mary Jane Potts and
Donny Vaughn choose their assis-
tants. Hall and Smith ab.o helped
stage manager Denise Whiteside
choose her assistants. Wc regref any
problems this might have caused.
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