The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 41, Ed. 1, Friday, February 16, 1990 Page: 1 of 18
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Mandela prompts reactions
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Editor in Chlof
Ten ACU students from South Africa
have mixed views about the release Sun-
day of Nelson Mandela South African
Dlack nationalist leader who has been im-
prisoned for 27 years.
"I think it's good that they let him out"
said Colin Botes graduate business ad-
ministration major from Benonl South
Africa.
Benonl is cast of Johannesburg and
about' 1000 miles from Cape Town where
Mandela was in prison. Botes said he
thinks the release will be good for the
In the aroove
Sing Song hostesses Jane-Ann Nail junior speech pa-
thology major from Deer Park loft and Becky Boasly
Marx to rock Abilene in April
ByGretchenSchuttz
Managing Mowo Editor
Rock performer Richard Marx will appear
in Taylor County Coliseum April 20 said
Steve King Students' Association Major
Entertainment Committee chairman.
Marx's first album "Richard Marx"
sold in excess of one million units and
three singles from his second album
"Repeat Offender" released in May 1989
have reached the top five.
Marx was nominated for Grammy
Awards In 1987 and 1989 and was voted
Best New Male Singer in 1987 by Rolling
Stone magazine.
Campaigns
Dy Kathorlno Potoet
Optimist Staff
Spring Break Campaigns campus lighting
and an endowed scholarship fund are the
three projects that could benefit from the
proceeds of Sing Song said Jeff Ber-
ryman Sing Song coordinator.
The projects were selected from ballots
submitted by members of the clubs and
Judge Ely
to start in
By H.Todd Thomas
Optimist Staff
Plans for rerouting Judge Ely Boulevard
cast of its present location are in the pre-
liminary stages said John Clark engineer-
ing assistant for the Texas Department of
Highways and Transportation.
A public meeting was conducted Dec.
14 to. discuss plans with residents who
wouldbe affected by the new road.
ACU will pay for the $1.2 million pro-
' jeet said Bill Hilton vice president for fi-
nance. . ....
ACU had correspondence with the city
of Abilene about the project as early as
1985 but the highway department was
not called upon until 1988 Clark said.
The rerouting plans were proposed
i because ACU which owns property on
the east side of Judge Ely wanted to ex-
pand its campus Hilton said.
Another reason for the rerouting is that
ACU did riot want a split campus he said.
Proposals to construct a bridge across
future of the country in creating a power-
sharing system of government.
Botes said he talked to his sister this
week and she was not sure whether
Mandela's release was good. He said the
white South Africans arc curious about
what the government will do next. He said
he had heard of Mandela when he was
younger but all he knew was that he was
jailed for treason.
One reason for the freeing of Mandela is
that Communism is not so strong now in
Eastern Europe. Some people think blacks
will take over the country he said.
"1 think things will get better. I like
him" said Luigi Bianco senior finance
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junior elementary education major from Malvern Pa. sing
during dress rehearsal Wednesday In Moody Coliseum.
How docs a school the size of ACU
manage to bring a top musical performer
like Richard Marx to Abilene?
"Through a lot of hard work" said
King senior biology major from Mcs-
quite. King said he approached Jimmy Perkins
of a San Antonio promotion company
Glenn Smith Presents about concert
possibilities last fall.
He said he and Perkins talked about
several other less well-known bands like
Bad English and The Hooters early in the
year.
"When he mentioned Richard Marx's
name I said No way!' " King said. "We
lighting may benefit from show
classes Berryman said.
The decision of where the money will
be spent began with the Executive Com-
mittee. The committee asked the clubs
and classes for ideas for the money. A list
of ideas then was presented to President
William J. Teague for approval.
Approved ideas were sent to Berryman's
office and then back to the Executive
Committee. The committee presented the
project
January
Judge Ely were considered but not used.
Students might not use the bridge causing
serious safety problems Hilton said.
Clark said ACU will determine the fate
of the existing road.
According to plans at the highway
department the intersection of Ambler
and Judge Ely would be moved further
cast and the current intersection would
become a smaller intersection with no traf-
fic light.
Plans for the new road will be com-
pleted in September and will be sent to
Austin for approval Clark said.
When the plans arc approved by the
state the city of Abilene will hire contrac-
tors to build the road he said.
Clark said he. hopes construction will
begin in January 1991 and be completed
in September 1991.
During the summer of 1991 the part of
the road where the old Judge Ely and the
new Judge Ely come together will be
completed. Traffic will be detoured at that
time he said.
marketing major from Johannesburg. "It's
good if he can control his followers. If
they react violently they will never get
anywhere."
Bianco said his family thinks the release
is good to a point but they were only
about 18 years old when Mandela was put
in jail They are not sure whether they
should view him as a criminal.
Some people arc scared of him but his
words are comforting to others who do not
want domination by one racial group.
"I think people need to realize that it is
not a black-white issue" Bianco said. The
blacks have organization he said but they
need to achieve unity. That is what
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were aiming at much smaller groups."
The most difficult part of getting Marx
on the tour schedule was getting him to
come south. After numerous date changes
and cancellations King said he "threw in
a last-ditch offer" for April 20.
King was told Monday to count on
Marx being in Abilene then.
The SA originally planned to have the
concert in Moody Coliseum but an army
band was scheduled to perform and King
had to look for an alternative.
King said Dr. Gary D. McCaleb vice
president and dean of campus life sug-
See Musician Page 9
list to the clubs and classes for a vote. The
committee counted the ballots ranked the
' ideas and kept the top three.
When the exact profit total is known
the committee will decide whether enough
money is available to use all or some of
the ideas.
A guess at how much money is expected
is made after the Friday night perfor-
mance Berryman said.
Phil's fancy
United States senator Phil Gramm R-Texas speaks in the Living Room
Wednesday during a panel discussion about the future of the Texas Guaran-
teed Student Loan Program
Mandela Is trying to do.
"I've got mixed feelings" said Dcnise
Haucr freshman psychology major from
Transvaal a town in the Johannesburg
region "He wants peace but talks about
violence."
Hauer talked to her parents and she
said they are happy.
"I don't think he'll have a phancc to
implement Communism" she said. Hauer
said the conservative parties will put the
other parties in their place.
"We were slowly dying" she said. "It's
the greatest thing. We were losing support
of other counties. It's about time the
blacks got some rights."
Berryman
chooses
show judges
By Katie Hooten
Optimist Staff
Sing Song judges have been selected by
Jeff Berryman to judge the contests Friday
and Saturday.
The judges decide which club and class
have the best vocals the best costumes
and the most original idea.
Berryman who directed both his
freshman and sophomore classes in Sing
Song and was a Sing Song originality
judge in the 1983 contest said he chose
the judges based on information the
Alumni Relations office gave him.
Costume judges all have a design
background either with costumes or
graphics and the vocal judges have a
musical background. The originality
judges are people who are familiar with
the Sing Song production.
TAKtiriTTO-
THE STREETS!
Dcwby Ray coordinator of alumni and
parents programs helped compile the list
for Berryman. She said an exchange
system exists for schools who need judges
for productions like Sing Song so the
judges are experienced.
Not all of the judges are people who are
familiar with Sing Song-type productions.
Some of the judges for Sing Song are peo-
ple from the community who are only fa-
miliar with ACU's production and some
of the judges are alumni Berryman said.
Every yearj groups complain the judges
were partial or not fair but Berryman said
his opinion "is that politics have nothing
to do with winning."
The judges are instructed not to let their
biases get in the Way of their judging and
Berryman said he thought fair people have
been selected.
See Judges Page 12
"Right now the amount is completely
up in the air" Berryman said.
In the past money from Sing Song has
gone to the construction of a sidewalk
around the campus lighting on campus
and Spring Break campaigns. Three years'
worth of Sing Song money was used to
purchase the Sing Song curtain which
cost approximately $20000 Berryman
said.
Gainers p. 13
Sugar Land couple to receive Chris-
tian Service Award Sunday during
Lectureship.
Free Speech p. 10
Berkeley students want to raise a
monument to the era that won them
freedom of speech.
Basketball p. 7
ACU basketball teams play in Ben-
nett Gym for the first time in-21
years.
Williams'
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die in plane crash
PUTNAM Texas (AP) - The
plane that crashed and killed five
business associates of GOP gubcrna-ft
f.
struck the ground nose first at a high
speed a federal investigator said.
The Mitsubishi MU-2 twin-engine
turboprop owned by one of Williams'
companies went down in a rural area
south of Putnam Wednesday morn-
ing. Williams who leads the GOP field
in the March 13 primary race cancel-
ed TV ads and public appearances
upon learning of the crush.
"All were business associates and
'dear- dear friends of Glaytonr-sakr"-
Mona Palmer a campaign
spokeswoman.
The plant ''was taking the - five
Midland men to Dallas.
National Transportation Safety
Board investigator Warren Wandel
said the pilot was last heard asking air
traffic controllers clearance to descend
from 15000 feet to 13000 feet
Greyhound Lines
gird driver strike
nAT.T.AR tAV firevhound Lines
Inc. said its Greyhound and
Trailways buses will operate even if
the company's 6300 drivers decide to
walk out if an agreement on a new
contract is not reached by March 1
with the only nationwide intercity bus
system.
The drivers last week rejected the
company's offer of a $27.7 million
13.5 percent pay increase over three
years and authorized a strike if
negotiations fail Greyhound
spokesman George Gravley said.
The two sides are scheduled jq
resume negotiations FrldSy in
Phoenix. '
Although the company believes U
has good relations with the uni6n of-
ficials are unsure what to expect from
the drivers and have begun making
plans for a walkout.
"We had advertisements in Sunday
newspapers in 36 major cities' in
which we arc attempting to recruit
drivers as permanent replacements"
Uravlcy said vcanesaay.
Runner-up wins
schemes for car
SHERMAN Texas (AP) - It was
a great scheme that almost worked.
Someone who wanted to win a new
car very very badly almost did but
he was just too lucky.
Officials at the Snacks and Tracks
Car Center an Exxon service station-convenience
store thought it was
strange that the person who won the
new Pontiac Firebird at their drawing
Wednesday also won all three runner-up
prizes.
So they opened the box containing
the handwritten entries numbering
more than 2000 and discovered they
were all entered by the same person
It is unknown how the real ticket
box was taken according to Nick
Davis manager of the station. Davis
believes the theft of the estimated
6000 real tickets took place between
12:30 a.m. and 6:45 a.m. Wednesday.
Davis said police told him they
would question the man pained on the
tickets. The company plans to press
charges in the incident Davis said.
A new drawing for the car will take
place March 1 Davis said. The old
entries if they are recovered will not
be valid he said.
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