The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 36, Ed. 1, Friday, February 14, 2003 Page: 1 of 10
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Iraq back in spotlight
A review of recent developments In the
ever volatile Middle East Plut Page S.
Williams takes leave
Women's basketball head coach Wayne
Williams announced he was taking a
leave of absence from the team
Wednesday Sports Page 10
Friday Feb. 14 2003-
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Sing Song preparation enters final
Practices intensify
with just one week
left before event
Anoie Diaz-Miranda
MiiiIc hi Kicilir
Sing Song is less lli.in a
week .may .mil uilh the
spring semester finishing its
fifth week students .ire trying
to Lre.ite .1 balance between
their social lues ami aendun-
ic studies
Sing Song p.irtU ip.ints
Chapel officials speak before
Carter Barnard
explain setup
plan committees
Paul A Anthony
L.lil.'i 111 C lit
In a standing-room-only
auditorium the formulators
of dav -to-day Chapel policy
met with more than 100 stu-
dents to explain various Cha-
pel decisions made since Aug-
ust. Brad Carter director of
Chapel programming and
Wayne Barnard dean of
5
Campus I ife
p r e s e 11 1 e d
facts figures
and data to
the Students'
Association
Congress to
show the pro-
cess the took
Carter
in determin-
ing the setup of this sear's
Chapel However discussion
of the Chapel five-vear plan
was held to generalities nei-
ther administrator delving
into its specifics
'If I were naming a live-
)car plan I'd name it a live
year idea Cartel said
"Ihey're not a plan the) 're
not a proposal '
Some Congress members
were surprised b) the direc-
tion of the presentation
' I was expelling a little hit
more of a fiery presentation"
said Sen Shep Strong junior
class and executive presiden-
tial candidate I was expect-
Concert tickets to go
on sale this weekend
SA to co-sponsor March 22
show in Moody Coliseum
Amy Eppehly
Mil .) nl Ki hi n l
Tickets for the March 22 Caedmon's Call-
Jars ol Clay show in Mood) Coliseum go on
sale Saturday at 10 a m in the Mood) ticket
windows
General admission tickets cost $15 and
floor scats are S20
I he Students' Association campus enter-
tainment committee is helping to sponsor
this event which will he open to the public.
Students are encouraged to buy their
tickets as soon as possible said Keith Clark
sophomore Christian ministry major from
Jackson Icon. who is helping campus
entertainment promote the concert.
' We are hoping the concert will sell out
so people need to hurry and buy tickets"
Clark said
The bands' stop in Abilene comes in the
midst of a nationwide tour of college cam-
puses and each is promoting a new album
Caedmon's Call's Hack Home and Jars of
Clay's lurlheinwre were released this
month
Caedmon's Call is known for its lolksy
acoustic style while Jars ot Clay has more ol
a modern acoustic rock sound and the
bands arc expected to piny praise music as
well.
have been spending an .im-
age of three to six hours a
week rehearsing tutting
down 011 stud) and home-
work time
Because of the lack of free
time and lite homework many
students have they are prone
to st.i) up later and are often
fatigued the next da)
' PraMkest.-uiscyiu to stay
up late and put olf homework
and studving until the wee
hours of die morning'' said
Alyson linley Ireshman mis
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Wayne Barnard dean of Campus Life watches with the Students' Association Congress Wednesday night as Brad Carter
director of Chapel programming presents Chapel-rclaled statistics and data.
ing the administration to la)
out more of a five-year plan
' I his is where we want to be;
this is where were going "
Instead Carter and Bar-
naul pla)cd down the signifi-
cance ol the five-vear plan
during the meeting Carter
In describing the various
steps and revisions it goes
through before reaching the
CaedmonVi Calls newest album Bach Home
was released this month.
I lie concert has sparked interest from nil
over the country Clark said I .ins from as fnr
as California have e-mailed him asking for
information he said
ACH students also are getting excited
about the concert.
"I love both groups" said fyler King
sophomore interior design and art educa-
tion major Irom Abilene.
"I can't wait to see how awesome the con-
cert is going to be with both of them at the
same time."
sions major from I'apillion
Neb 'Grades go down and
falling asleep in class and
overall apathy are results of
the lack of sleep"
Many students are willing
to look past the negative
results of SingSong because it
is a recognised ACl) tradition
' It is fun an awesome tra-
dition and a great way to meet
new people" said Amanda
I lignum freshman biology
major from I iberty Hill
' I try not to procrastinate
President's Cabinet Barnard
by pointing to the responsibil-
ities of the Chapel lask I orce
'I he five-year plan is
almost a moot point" Barnard
said 'All that's oir the table"
However parts of the five-
)car plan including a grade
scale and portable card read-
ershave been discussed in
terms that have grown more
so much as I normally would
said I rin Clardy Ireshman
biologyexercise major from
Woodbridgc Va 'I lead lor
classes between my classes
and before going to sleep "
Many students carr
organizers or daily planners
with them and schedule nec-
essary time to their priorities
"III schedule my day better
and plan to allot time for each
individual activity instead of
TI..W r. SING SONG l.iv.1-7
concrete lately
Barnard said in an e-mail
that the five-) ear plan is not
driving Chapel discussion
Instead the Chapel lask
I orce faculty and student
input have more of a say in
where Chapel goes he said.
Barnard and Carter nlso
displayed recent attendance
data Barnard pointed to a
School
closings
worry
parents
Enrollment decline
one of factors in the
AISD board decision
Cathhini Goode
Sunt lit Ri (vim
With three Abilene schools
closing either this )car or next
many families are concerned
about where their children will
Valley View and Alta Vista
elementary schools two of the
oldest and smallest schools in
the Abilene Independent
School District will close at
the end of the school year
while Jefferson Middle School
will officially close in the fall of
2001.
"We have been working on
this issue since August of
2002" said Charlie Wolle pres-
ident of the Abilene public
school trustees "Some of the
schools are needing to be con-
Computer glitches
cause ticket hassles
ItNNIfEB McMlCHAEl
Muiukimi; I !u'r
I our students on the Sing
Song production staff spent
close to 201) hours in 10 day s
fixing a computer problem
thai loll the record of ticket
sales in a tangled mess
( )n Ian 1 1 office assistant
sharp drop in the number of
students who exceeded 15
absences last semester as
compaied with fall 2001 say-
ing it showed more students
were attending Chapel this
year I our huiuhcd and forty -seven
students skipped Cha-
pel more than 15 times in
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R-.IAll MtUILKAatittllkl K"lr
A crossing guard walls outside Alta Vista elementary school on
South 1 1 ill Street. The school will close at the end of this year.
solidated to improve other
campuses in Abilene."
I here lias been a decline in
enrollment over the past six
years which helped bring the
board to this decision he said
'Over three years ago we
lost over (()( students I he last
two )ears we have seen a
decline ol .1(10 to 100 students"
said John Stearns Abilene
public school trustee "We are
anticipating hav ing to close on
more middle schools within
the next couple of ) ears "
Susan King trustee who
voted against closing the
schools said no serious need
existed lor the schools to be
closed so quickl)
"A big reason wh) these
schools .lie closing is so
stages
Darren Curry sophomore
marketing major from Okla-
homa City noticed the com-
puter used for ticket sale
records was having prob-
lems "We found out that
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Bills on
Chapel
info are
taken up
Paul A Anthony
I .In i in ChUJ
Congress kicked into high
gear Wednesday night with a
new system for passing bills
into law a highly publicized
Chapel presentation a free-
dom of information act and an
impeachment.
After hearing from Chapel
administrators the Students'
Association got down to busi-
ness with president Jeremy
Smith announcing that a bill
regarding recent Chapel con-
trovers) would be read) lor a
vote in two weeks after mem-
bers surv eyed student opinion
about the issue
I he bill was listed as 'Hill
111-2" signlf)ing a change in
the passage process for member-sponsored
acts in ( (in-
gress Bills now go thiougli
clarifying and critical question
sessions before being brought
to the floor lor discussion
Hep Iteese Campbell Ad
Building introduced the
I reedom of Information Act
til-.) which would require
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schools will not have to be
under-staffed and have to
share specialized siafl such as
librarians nurses or coun-
selors" King said 'I veil with
these schools closing there
will still not be enough stall to
be assigned to all of the
schools "
Some students who have
been raised In Abilene think
the school closings are sad
ends to how many remember
their childhood.
"I think it is a rough situa-
tion for the parents" said
David Wilson senior elemen-
tary education major Irom
Abilene "I also don't think It is
fair for the kids to have to be
split up with their friends that
they have grown up with "
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