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ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
ACU BOX 29208 A i T7TVTT1
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Theatre's Cedar Gap Homecoming continues page 6
Abilene Christian University Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
Aug. 23 1999 Volume 88 Issue No. 1
Monday
Home away from home
page 3
UPTiMIST
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m m m i vv --- - h Goal of holistic education
V.UIVIIIMU lUUtlhtK.
brings new Campus Life
Reorganization is the
result of increased focus
on coordinating learning
in and out of classroom
J MUM SUIROI MR
Eihto) in CUUf
The administration continued to move
toward mciging students classroom ciirncu
lum and out of class experiences by lcstruc-
tunng the Campus Life office this summer
The icsulis of the chinges include the ctc-
ation of four new or expanded student pro-
grams and several title and role changes foi
key mcmbcisof Campus Life
Weie iring to connect the head and
the heart said Provost Dvvayne Van
Rhcencn We aie motngioaid making
this a seamless education
student development as servant leaders
must take into account who students aie he
said ll must he intention il inside and out-
side of cl iss Leading and scrv ing won t just
hippen
Although the changes vvcic numerous
the office his been moving toward this
point for the pist two years
"Vec been moving in this dncciion"
VanRheencn said The changes appear big-
ger now because of the structural chinges "
Tonncr Dem of Students Wayne Bunard
Ins been promoted to assistant piovost for
student development and dean of campus
life I le now heads the Campus Life office
with VanRheencn as his superior
Birnird complied the Campus
1 ife offices ink to ptofessors and their spe-
See page 7 for an in-depth look
at the changes to the Campus
Life office this summer
mines
Student development is our field m
Campus Life" he said We are trained
specifically in human development"
C) nthn Cooke w ho has sh ired the role of
dean or students with Barnard in the ptst is
now the dean in chaige of student life work-
ing on student activities such as Welcome
Week and Sing Song
Bient McCill will direct the student orga-
nizations such as socnl clubs the Students
Association and Essence of Ebon)
We haven t hid a person who focused
only on tint student org nutations in the
pist VanRheencn said
These arc well-qualified people with a
lot of experience VanRheencn sud We
hive one of the best campus life teams in
the country"
The Blue Ribbon Committee that
icscarchcd the ailc of student organizations
on campus influenced some changes
Residential life which his also been the
responsibility of Cooke and Barnard in the
pist was moved to the duection of Brent
Pennington He was the assistant dean or
students last vcar
Both Jan Meyer and Mirk Lewis hid title
chinges Meyer is now the director of edu-
cation and leadership development Lewis
is the director of spiritual life and student
ministries
Sometimes campus life is seen as fluff)
and class is seen as serious stuff" Van-
Rheencn said
Two new programs have been added to
Campus Life
The Office of Student Multicultural
Enrichment and rirst-ycar Program have
also been added to the Campus LiTc office
OSME is part of Barnards group and
includes Dave Merrill and former Director
of Alumni Bob Gomez
The universit) is looking for a third mem-
ber of the OSME team VanRheencn said
"This enables us to become a place of
growth for students of all kinds' he said
"This office will help us do that "
The Tirst-year Program which will be
aimed at addressing the needs and chal-
lenges of first ) ear students will be led by
Mark Dav is
Rinse Cycle
Students face variety
of moving challenges
Wendy Waller
Assignments Ldiloi
At 2 a m Monda) Jacquie Rose
sophomore clcmentar) education
major from Houston was in Bran-
son Mo having just finished a
summer as a camp counselor At
2 p m on that same Monday Rose
was moving into her dorm room
m Sikcs Hall and preparing for her
duties as a Contact group leader
Rose who was a camp counselor
at Camp Kanakuk flew from
Branson to Dallas carl) Monda)
Her parents met her at the airport
and then drove her to Abilene
Its been hard getting here toda)
but 1 hid to be here today to do
Welcome Week Rose siid "1
Invent been home at all this sum-
mer 1 just kept all m) dorm stuff
in storage here in Abilene
Students from all over the world
traveled to Abilene and began
moving into dorms last week
However not all students mov-
ing in were as rushed as Rose
Please see Moving page 2
New by-laws top SAs
first meeting's agenda
Robin Hurst
noon during
Amanda Reiter
senior elementary education major from Abilene gets sprayed with a water hose Wednesday after-
Welcome Week's water day. See the back page for the Optimist's coverage of Welcome Week.
JAUED SCIIROEDER
Lditoi ill Chief
The b) laws committee which
met throughout the summer
will present a set of by-laws
to the Students Assocn
tion during us first
meeting Wednesday
The committees by liws
proposil which will b
voted upon and revised until a
suitable form is passed by the sen
ate will complement the amend-
ment pissed by the students in
April
We hope there is a lot of discus-
sion sud SA President Jonathm
Mock senior biochemistry major
ORk fec
1
from Denver City of the first
meeting
We will meet as long as it takes
for some form of the by -laws to be
passed
The amendment added
academic and residential
representatives to the
Student Congress
"The SA has been activi-
ty oriented which isnt
bad in the past ' Mock said
But it hasnt been the oice it
needs to be
Dividing the junsdictions of new
student representatives and creat-
ing a system that was simple
enough for students to interpret
Please see By-laws page 6
Three of four freshman residence halls welcome new directors
LORI HAIbTEAD
VlfMJUIIIIfS Elllltll
I he freshmen arent the only new people
hv ing in their residence halls Three of the
four freshman residence hills have new
residence hall directors
I think a lot of things aie going to ch inge
about freshman residence h ills said Janice
Arnold the new director at Gudner Hall
Arnold and the other new hill directors m
Nelson and Mibce Hills have been praying
pluming and meeting together in prepua
lion for the upcoming semester
The planned changes include weekly
Bible studies conducted in the lobbies of
all three halls a possible mission trip and
interaction w ith some of the new campus
life departments
Spiritual life was identified as a primary
area of concern b) all three new directors
each of whom his a background in resi-
dential life
Arnold served as the assistant residence
hall director in Adams I lall for almost two
)cars before moving to Gardner Hall late
last spring
I just really want the girls to know that
we re here to serve them Arnold said
Arnold sud her go lis are to serve resi-
dents and help them to develop spiritual-
ly and make wise choices during this crit
ical period of development
Arnold also saitl she plans to work more
with Joanm Martin who begin her new
job as the Residence Hall Director at Nel-
son Hall on Aug 2
Martin came from Henderson State Uni-
versity in Ark where she served as a res-
idence hill director list year
Martin referred repeatedly to the dif-
ferences between ACU and the secular
university she worked at last year She
said she loves ACU and is excited to be
he re-
ive been smiling for about two weeks
my face is staring to hurt she sud
Martin said she enjoyed soaking in" the
Christian atmosphere and spiritual
growth opportunities at ACU
l m like a little thirsty plant she sud
Martin sud she wants to help Nelson
residents to giow closer to God no matter
whit their spiritual situation may be now
Martin is working on a misters of liber-
al arts degree while at ACU and will be
bilincmg her residence hall job and two
chsses ami she ism the only one
Brad Voss a graduate student in ministry
begin working as the icsideiicc hall director
for Mabee Hall m June He moved from
Moms H ill where he served as diiector last
year Tomicr Nelson Hill Diiector Ruth
Swedlund now occupies that position
Voss said his work at Morns was com-
pletely different from his new job working
with incoming freshmen
List year nontraditionil students lived m
Moms Hall T his y ear it h is been conv ened
to a residence lull for sophomore women
Before coming to work as ACL' Voss
served as a youth minister at the Dun-
canville Church of Christ He siid he
hopes his youth ministry experience will
help him in his new position
"To me theres only one way to do my
job and tints as a ministry" he said
Voss said his plans for the hall include
student-led Bible studies and a possible
mission trip to Piedras Negras Mex
Ethernet ports among computer upgrades
School spends
about $250000 to
add 2200 Ethernet
connections
Aaron Twieton
Page CiUtoi
Students now can slay connected
via computer more than ever with
new Ethernet connections a new
e-mail server and new student
folders
Ethernet ports have been
installed in all residential halls and
University Park The ports will
give students the capibility to use
their personal computers to access
the Internet and the ACU Intranet
The cost of installing the 2200
Lthernet pons in all of the residen-
tial hills and University Park has
been about $250 000 for I ibor and
pins said Bob Nevill m linger of
computer and network services at
inform uion ttehnology
No plans hive been mule to add
Ethernet ports to Sherrod Residcn-
liil Park because of the structtue
of the buildings Nevill sud
Students who take advantage of
the new Lthernet connections with a
personal computer may find it easi
cr to access their student folders
During the Tourth of July week-
end all of the old faculty and stu-
dent folders were transferred to a
new faster server
Instead of digging through differ-
ent user names to find their folder
students now only have to log m
on the student server and their
home folder will automatically
appear on the desktop Trom their
home folder they can store Piles
access files from their classes anil
even update their peisonal Web
pages
A folder called Web Pages in the
home folder is where students can
diag and drop files they d like to
post to the Web in their peisonal
Web page The transfer process is
as simple as moving files on the
desktop so no TTP software is
iiquircd to transfer files All stu-
dent Web pages can be leached at
Imp www acu cduusername
as opposed to before
Academic Computing has been
working to simplify their ser-
vices for students sud James
Langfoid director of Academic
Computing
Another way of making things
easier is the simplified e-nnil
addresses Students and faculty no
longer hive to use union or
nicanor in their e-mail address
Although the old e mail adthesses
will still function students can
simply use usernaincffacu edit for
all lutuie e-umls
All campus e-mul was trans-
ferred to a new server in August
resulting in a temporary shutdown
Aug 12 and 13 Because of the
transfer most pisswords were
reset to the last eight characters of
each students ID barcode About
7000 e mail accounts were trans
fcrred to the new server requiring
about one million files to be
moved Lmgford said
Last chance
to drop classes
for full refund
The deadline to receive a full
refund for dropped classes is 5
p m Monday
A 90 percent refund is avail-
able from Tuesday-Friday
This week is also the last to
add classes
Trom Aug 30-Sept 3 the
refund is 80 percent and 60
percent from Sept 6-10
No refunds will be avaihble
after Sept 10 Students may
drop classes until Nov 12
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