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ABILENE CHRISTIAN
UNIVERSITY
The Optimist
FRIDAY
September 26 2003
Vol. 92 No. 11
1 section 10 pages
www.acuoptimlst.com
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each other In the midst of taking classes and dealing with budgets.
'After tde honeymoon ...
By Steve Holt and Melanie J. KnoxOprmiisr staff
The Brocks
Perhaps the biggest adjustment
Jordan Brock has had to make since
being married is not throwing his
clothes on the floor when he's through
with them...
... and watching less TV ...
. . . and playing less golf . . .
... and watching his spending
habits ...
Going from several years of "bache-
lor living" to his current life with wife
Kelcl Jordan has had to make many of
the standard lifestyle tweaks individu-
als endure in their first year of mar-
riage. The Brocks took the plunge on June
15 2002 in Post Kelci's hometown.
They both said the reality of marriage
was a little different than their pre-
marriage predictions.
"When you're dating everything is
so Intense. You want to be able to wake
up with that person and be able to be
around them all the time" Kelcl said.
"And in the everyday traffic and
routine of life sometimes that's hard"
Jordan added. "You get so caught up in
your stuff that it's tough to block out
that time with that person. The rou-
tine and the daily activities make the
marriage sometimes get lost you
don't put enough time into It."
Jordan said he sees understanding
and communication as two of the
main building blocks of his marriage.
"Having more consideration and
concern for the other person when A
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Beau and Erica Ballard
share a Joke on the couch
of their newly redecorated
home. Beau Is a senior
psychology major from
Rosebud and Erica Is a
Junior nursing major from
Stephenville.
have to be around that person all the
time. You have to leverage that 1
guess."
Some of the hardest things to which
new married couples must adjust the
Brocks said arc personality differ-
ences. "How you handle stress and things
like that thats
probably been a
major problem
but it's one of
the hardest
things to get
used to because
it seems like it is
something so
small" Kelci
said.
Cleanliness
differences Jordan said have been the
hardest to which he has had to adjust.
"To guys it's not that big of a deal if
you lay your clothes out or hang them
up" he said.
But while differences in personality
can highlight quirks about the spouse
Kelcl said marriage often teaches indi-
viduals a great deal about themselves.
"You're reminded often of your own
weakness and faults" she said. "I think
that's a very good thing but it's a hard
thing; it's a hard thing to change your-
self." Finances also are a strain on new
marriages. The Brocks
who completed a pre
marriage counseling
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land Church of Christ have not had
any major money issues since their
marriage but Kelci said the couple
could have planned better before
walking down the aisle.
"I would recommend learning
about budgeting and hnw to do that
from a professional book or someone
who has done it
before and
knows how it '
works" she
said. "That's
something that
we haven't been
able to do real
well and
haven't made
that much of an
effort. I think if
we did we would feci better about our
spending."
She said planning frees a couple to
live within a spending limit each
month and individuals don't feel as
bad when they want to spend money
on themselves. Kelci said her spending
habits are different from Jordan's
which would have been helpful infor-
mation before marrying.
"It's good to learn how each other
works so you can have a plan to meet
in the middle and keep everything
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is so intense. ... In the everyday
traffic and routine of life
sometimes that's hard."
Jordan Brock senior management major
from Spearman and husband to Kelcl
Confusion
anger cloud
SA debate
Shinn comes under
fire as committees
oppose budget cuts
Paul A. Anthony
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As frustration boiled into
accusatory anger Wednesday
night Student Congress de-
bated for 45 minutes a budget
compromise that appears to
not affect the student body.
The realization followed a
a steady stream of inter- m
ruptionsasnewmem-
bcrs struggled to 4B
grasp parliamentary
procedure and executive "7
olllccrs defended budget
cuts and a lack of notification
to angry committee members.
"There just seemed to be a
lot of misunderstanding of
what can and can't happen"
executive president Jonathan
Wilkcrson said. "It seems to
happen with every new
Congress."
During the debate discus-
sion on the budget disinte-
grated into a heated exchange
between executive treasurer
David Shinn and both Susan -nc
Drchscl International Stu-
dents Association liaison over
the ISA allocation and
Lajours Taylor F.sscnce of
Ebony president over that
group's allocation.
"A lot of the chairs of the
committees don't know where
the cuts have been made"
Drchscl told Congress in
opposing an early motion to
k approve the budget. "They
v don't know any of this
. BK yet; we don't have any
K information on any
otthisyet.
Taylor said after the
meeting that Shinn had
refused to hand over docu-
ments dealing with Essence's
allocation even though the
figures were finalized before
last Wednesday's meeting.
Shinn said last week that
line-item budgets and the
overall budget itself would be
available in his office.
But Wednesday Taylor
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Pledging process
begins with secret
events relationships
Jonathan Smith
Mumming EJiior
Friday's Bid Night marks
the beginning of the pledging
season for social clubs after
three weeks of rushes for
prospective pledges.
After giving out bids to
prospective pledges Thursday
night most club officers look
forward to Friday's events
most of which are kept secret.
"We're most excited about
our potential new members
and having the first chance to
start building relationships
with them and showing them
that they are a part of some-
thing that we think is really
special" said Cody Blair
Gamma Sigma Phi president.
Ko Jo Kai president Garcn
Glasscock said she also looks
forward to meeting the new
pledge class.
"We're looking forward to
boding with them and the
unity that will come from that
and to having a good time and
doing fun stuff" Glasscock
said. "We're just excited to get
the whole pledging process
started."
Although most club offi-
cers look forward to Bid Night
it doesn't come without reser-
vations. "For all the officers this is
the most hectic week of the
year" Galaxy president Luke
James said. "There are a lot of
challenges trying to commu-
nicate to the rest of the club
what we want done and
organizing the finite details
about what we want to hap-
pen." Organization of Bid Night
is one of the major challenges
for Ko Jo Kai as well
Glasscock said.
"We've also focused a lot on
organization making sure
we know what we're doing
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Follies director: i want to see innovation'
Show to include more
soloists better sound
Kendall Masseysays
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With Freshman Folles
next weekend this Is a hectic
time for the new director of
student productions as he
gets the show together with
the help of two freshman co-
chairs. Kendall Massey who over-
sees Follies and Sing Song
said he is glad to start the
year with Freshman Follies.
"Follies is about the fresh-
men" Massey said "and it
comes with -an energy only
freshmen have."
To help produce the show
Massey appointed two fresh-
man co-chairs: Evan Woods
instrumental music educa-
tion major from Marietta
Ohio and Kaitlyn Whitlock
theatre major from Garland.
Woods and Whitlock are
working every day by sitting
in on hall practices and giv-
ing tips to solo acts both try
ing to incorporate this year's
theme of "A Fresh New
World."
Since neither pf the co-
chairs has seen a Follies pro-
duction Massey gave them a
checklist to get started but
Whitlock said students have
now taken charge of it.
He said more soloists and
choreographic numbers bet
ter sound and an opening
video sequence are among
some of the show's new fea-
tures. "I want to see innovation"
Massey said.
Massey said the parame-
ters of both Sing Song and
Freshman Follies need to be
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One month away Homecoming looms large
With theme in place
Alumni Network plans
kick into high gear
Heather Lemmons
Student Rcpotter
Publicity and planning for
this year's Homecoming
now Just one month away
have stepped up as the event
schedules for Oct. 24-26
' draws closer
Plans have been underway
since last semester with the
announcement of the student-chosen
theme "Got
Purple?"
Brochures Have been
mailed and ACU Today re-
cently featured a four-page
spread about Homecoming.
However there is a new
publicity twist this year said
Betsey Craig coordinator of
the Alumni Network.
"We plan to hold a press
conference a couple of weeks
before the big event to pro-
vide local media with basic
Information1' she said.
Some of the main
Homecoming events will
Include Friday's Praise Day In
Chapel and opening cere-
monies the outdoor carnival
Triday afternoon the Home-
coming Parade on Saturday
morning a special Chapel
service following the parade
and the Homecoming foot-
ball game and pre-game
party catered by Joe Allen's.
The university encourages
students to participate In
Homecoming events Craig
said; If students want to get
involved beyond attending
events they can volunteer on
the Homecoming steering
committee by calling Jama
Cadle coordinator of Alumni
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College Buy for the seventh
year in a row Page 3.
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Group an
all-male
a cappella
ensemble
regroups
with six
new
members
Page 5.
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calendar
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and
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