The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 11, Ed. 1, Friday, September 27, 2002 Page: 1 of 10
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Panic Room a solid thriller
Daniel Carlson reviews Panic Room which was
recently released on DVD Arts Pago 9.
From tragedy to triumph
The second part of the series about ACU
track star Alfred Rugema who emigrated
from war torn Burundi Plus Pago 3.
Cats open south play
ACU s volleyball team opens up Lone Star
Conference south division play against West
Texas A&M Kingsvillo Friday and Tarloton
STatc on Saturday Sports Pago 10.
Abilene Christian University
Department of Journalism
and Mass Communication
Follies is set
to take
Daniel Carlson
m Chini
It's late September and
that means three things
pledging is in full swing the
cool weather is tcasingly
close and it's time once again
for the staple of anj ACU
career I reshnun 1 ollics
the theme for I rcslunan
I ollics 200 J I ndn and
Saturday night in Cullcn
Auditorium is Super Heroes
Large chorus performances
and residence hall acts will be
centered on the theme with
Wellness
Week
begins
Monday
'Peace in a Troubled
World' is theme of
fifth annual event
Elizabeth Macias
p i. 2 rjn.ii
"A time to 'focus on the
mind bod) and spirit
Wellness Week brings to cam-
pus the- theme peace in a
troubled world next week
' Being well is not just being
physical! fit said Steve
Rowlands a counselor in
Health Services but it in-
volves mind bod and spirit
That is definitely unique of
ACU a focus on the spiritual '
I he purpose of this week is
to encourage individuals to
pursue life through spiritual
emotional phsical and rela-
tionship wellness
Rowlands cited a recent
article in the New York ivies
where Dr Robert P Gallagher
of the Uni ersity of Pittsburgh
said that for five sears more
than 80 percent of college
campuses hae reported sig-
nificant increases in serious
psychological problems
Also more than 92 percent
ot students say they occasion
ally feel overwhelmed bv al
the tasks they have to per-
form according to the
American College Health
Association
October is topically a
stressful month for students
Rowlands said
I think this month is very
stressful because pledging
started classes start to get
more involved and we have to I
do more projects now said
Casey Williams junior mar-
keting major from Carlsbad
N.M
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A glimpse of
the dark side
Theatre prepares
Jekyll & Hyde
for Homecoming
Allison Herod
Studfnt Rr; otter
The ACU Homecoming
Musical is putting on a new
face with Jekytl & I lytic a
modern play about a doctor
whose experiment backfires
Regular attendees of the
annual musical might be sur-
prised with the choice this
year Adam I lester chair and
professor of the Iheatrc
Department is directing the
Homecoming Musical and
although he recognics that
The Optimist
stage
eachactportraiugadiffcicnt
hero or hemes
Were Charlies Angels'
and its great snid Danielle
Dilworth freshm m integrat-
ed in irkclmg eoiniiHinieation
iimnr from Piano Dilworth
lives on the second floor of
. n r i i i ii
b Moor for res hllian o les
l line ll su iiii us ueen so
much fun. Dilworth sud
Our entire hall Ins gotten
reallj elosc
I here will he five perform
ances this eir 1 rida at 7
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Alyssa Alejandro a sophomore in high school performs a cultural dance in the llc.ui in cel-
ebration of Hispanic Awareness Month Alejandro pcrlormeil as pari oTSl Vincents Catholic
church The dance is called a ballet folldorito
Jikyll & Hyde is not as familiar
as other Broadway plas he is
confident people will appreci-
ate ibe production
It's a Robert Louis Ste-
venson classic so people have
heard of the name Jekyll &
Hde" Hester said It sounds
dark to them because it is a
dark play although the music
is lush and gorgeous '
Hester sud he hopes the
pla will be thoughi-provok-ing
for the audience as well as
entertaining
' Tlieres the idea of temj)
I.Uiou and sin I here's the idea
of redemption and et slill
paying consequences ' I lester
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FRIDAY-
HBtv' i hit JWiBf
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Irom its siiptiiiciiics lluincu show that opens tonight
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I he m mi eliange hitwccn
llus e.irs show and pieious
cirs ll is been e com
meree sud Dust liennett
SA task force categories
The following are tho 10 cat-
egories Into which the Advo-
cacy Council task forces will
bo broken Issues located
within the categories are
potential discussion topics
based on student suggos
tlons.
Academic cafe possibili
ties University 100 changes
Chapel student opinion
faculty attendance lighting
Communication bulletin
board ticker flyers
Fooddining meal plans
PepsiCoke Chick fil A
Parking Spaces stickers
permit costs
Residence halls sign out
policy UP cost open houses
Safety lighting shuttles
stop signs
SBC Endowment
Social clubs
Sportsrecreation jog
ging track purple Fridays
iOle!
HMtakMf 'iHHJHEtPliQ
pr.IctlCLS . SimiIci-Mhii piece
senior biochcunstr and busi-
ness management major from
DdivcrC it Hennelt has been
a student worker for l'lullis
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isSPfet.'dL'
SA presents task
force categories
Ten general topics
chosen to discuss
student suggestions
Paul A Anthony
I .III M In C III.
lhe Students' Association
Congiess big in its advocac
work Wednesda night with a
presentation oi tlielO cate-
gories SA task foiees will be
locusing on this car
Congress also approved by
a unanimous band vote two
Ap)iopri.ilious Committee
decisions th it aw.uded $1109 lo
the sophomore class and
Network
glitches
halt classes
Password problems
drop box issues
'shouldn't reoccur'
Steve Holt
() Inf. n r.lif. i
I he ACU computer net-
work suffered two serious
problems luesdav. morning
one of which was widespread
but random and the other
causing difficulties with
login ptsswords
The glitches were not
related but occurred almost
simultaneously at about 7 30
a m luesdav sud liob
Ncvill director of computer
and network services
I his affected several
morning computer-based
classes and labs including
Dr 1err Popes I manual
Thcorv class in the College of
Business Administration
computer lab
llus made it difficult
because we couldnt do any-
thing said Pope associate
dean of the College of
Business Administration
Parents of
the year love
kids ACU
Jack and Mary Alice
Stites receive ninth
annual award
Lauren Crist
Sf.ijrUntri
On Jul 4 the Stiles were
having their annual picnic at
their ranch in Cookeville
Ienn
The doorbell rang A gift
service delivered a bouquet of
flowers addressed to Jack and
Mar' Alice Stites Hie letter
congratulated them on their
award for this ears ACU par-
ents of the ear
Mary Alice cried tears of
jo Jack stood in humbled
silence
The Stites had graduated
from Abilene Christian Col-
lege in l')71 I hey had dated
since high school traveled to
denied a $Ur0 request from
Hispanic dance group Sabor
Uitino
The new SA chief financial
officer and the rest of the
Apiropriatiuns Committee
were also approved unaiii-
mousl I he majority of the meeting
involved Shep Strong junior
class senator and co chair of
the Constituent Relations
Committee presenting the
task force categories Congress
members will rank their top
three categories on which
the 'd like to work and assign-
ments will be announced h
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We were able to work
around it hut it created an
inconvenience '
Ncvill said the first he
beard of the problem was at
II JO a m and both problems
were fixed b noon Tuesday
I le slid one of the prob-
lems involved many on cam-
pus computers not recogniz-
ing login passwords or allow-
ing access to folders and net-
work serviees
Ncvill described the prob-
lem as rare and said techni-
cians had to rebuild many
peoples personal password
settings
We are working on find-
ing a long-term solution to
this problem Ncvill said
Id be surprised if anvonc
saw that problem again this
semester
Al the same tune many
students ran into problems
when uploading documents
to class drop boxes on
myacu cdu This glitch was a
first-time problem caused by
corruption in the database
and should not reoccur
Ncvill said
college together m 1967 and
were married the January
before the graduated
Jack a business major
remembered plamg football
in 1968 and joining social club
Sub 1-16 Mar' Alice an edu-
cation major kept herself
bus taking care of Jack
I lie Stiles smile fondly
about memories at ACU and
they strongly influenced their
four children to attend ACU
of which three children
attended
'We started when they
were babies Jack said They
were wearing ACU clothes If
the wanted to get any money
from us they would go to a
Christian college We believe
in the mission of ACU and
that's why wove supported
them for 40 ears
l Uustuc PARENTS ruj.t-1
the next SA meeting
All 50 voting members will
be on a task force assigned to
one of the areas (see box at
left)
Congress let stand the two
Apjiropriations decisions
which push the Student
Request Tund down to
$17515 77 from its original of
$2u000
lhe Students' Association
Congress meets every Wed-
nesday at 5 p in in Room 1 14
of the Biblical Studies Build-
ing All undergraduates arc
members of SA and are invited
to attend
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 11, Ed. 1, Friday, September 27, 2002, newspaper, September 27, 2002; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101784/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.