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FRIDAY
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PTIMIST
September 7 2007
Vol. 96 No. 5
1 section 8 pages
www.acuoptimlst.com
Exercise down
to be a hassle
Professional fitness Instructors provide low-
cost exercise options on campus page 5
A deeper look at art
Shore Art Gallery holds public reception for
Christian art exhibit Friday page 4
No slow start
Wildcats play No. 18 team in nation
for first home match page 8
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Tenure awarded to 12 professors
TENURE AND PROMOTIONS
Promoted or tenured professors as noted by (T) or (P):
Br Karle Schmidt
Studevt RErORTFR
Filling out teacher evalua-
tions at the end of the semes-
ter may seem like a waste of
time but for ACU professors
this can be an aid on the path
to promotion and tenure.
This year 17 faculty mem-
bers received tenure or a pro-
motion and nine of these 17
received both.
Professors can begin ap-
plying for tenure and a pro
motion five years after they
begin teaching at a university
and they can receive tenure
with their sixth year teaching
at the institution.
"Tenure does make you
feel good because your
peers acknowledge you as a
good person and teacher"
said Dr. Neal Coates asso-
ciate professor of political
science who received tenure
and a promotion.
According to the Adams
Center For Teaching Excel
lence Web site and academic
tradition tenure is designed
to give professors the neces-
sary freedom for scholarship
and progress In their disci-
plines. Tenure also affirms
the Individual faculty mem-
ber's contributions to ACU
and verifies the institution's
long-term commitment to the
faculty members' pursuit of
knowledge. Promotions are
based on professional prepa-
rations performance of duties
and fidelity to the Christian
purposes of the University.
"It's an honor and relief...
It's Job security more than
any thing else" said Dr. Jeffrey
Wherry professor of psychol-
ogy who received tenure.
Applicants who wish to
receive tenure or a promo-
tion must apply and turn
In an extensive portfolio to
their department and the
university tenure promotion
committee The committee
Set? TENURE page 5
Steve Allison: professor of
psychology (TP)
VVgWa Bailey: associate professor
to Brown Library (TP)
Neal Coates: associate professor
of political science (TP)
Malcolm Coco: professor to
management sciences (P)
Uoyd Goldsmith: associate
professor of graduate sturJes In
education (TP)
JacMe Hafstead: associate
professor of marriage and family
therapy TP)
Melissa Johnson: associate
professor of Brown Library (TP)
Bcklytle: professor of
management sciences (P)
Dan McGregor associate
professor of art and design (T.P)
I Larry Norsworthy: professor of
psychology (I)
NicH Rlppee: professor of exercise
science and health (T)
Ghna Sadler: professor of art and
design department (P)
Miches) Scarbrough: professor of
muste department (P)
Jonathan Stewart professor of
accounting and finance (P)
Jeffrey Wherry: prof essor of
psychology (1)
Kay WiMams: associate professor
to music (TP)
David Wright: associate professor
to management sciences (TP)
A mouthy mission
By Michelle Jinencx
Sn. dent Reporter
A dental program in Choluteca
Honduras started by an ACU alum
Is in need of dentists and hygien-
ists to donate a week to work in
the clinic.
Dr. Jane Tlndol a local dentist
and 1982 ACU graduate started the
program two weeks ago and plans
to return to Choluteca the week of
Jan. 1 to finalize the preparation for
the Choluteca Community Center's
dental clinic.
At present Tlndol Is in the politi-
cal process of getting permission to
open a dental hygiene school in a
"third-world country" Tlndol said.
The plan Is to begin with a dental
assistance school and progress to
a dental hygiene school ultimately
founding a nursing school and a
hospital. The dental clinic already
has nine out of 12 dental chairs in
place and ready for volunteer den-
tists and hyglenists to work. With-
out a full-time dentist on hand the
clinic Is waiting on donated assis-
tance to get It up and running.
"Nobody's there right now" Tln-
dol said. "We've this great need for
dentists and hyglenists to donate
a week of their time to work in the
clinic. ... I just need anybody who
could go and all they have to do Is
contact me."
Ihe Choluteca Community Cen-
ter at present consisting of the den-
tal clinic and the Choluteca Central
Church of Christ is allied with Mis-
sion Lazarus a "holistic falth-ln-ac-tlon"
organization that helps spread
the gospel through a variety of min-
istries In Honduras.
According the Web site Mission
Lazarus' assortment of ministries
focuses on basic primary education
skill development health education
and treatment and agricultural de-
velopment meant to meet physical
and spiritual needs of the people.
"I'm klnda piggybacking with
them because they're already estab-
lished" Tlndol said. "They know the
people; they got their churches go-
ing. We're Just adding this commu-
nity center."
Tlndol wants to present dental
awareness and prevention to the
people of Choluteca by creating
the center.
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"I've always felt so limited be-
cause all I could do Is pull teeth"
Tlndol said. "And then I thought
'Man we need to educate these
people so that we can get to a point
where they're getting prevention.'
They don't ever have any preven-
tion. They're Just always paying
and losing their teeth."
Serving the people starting pre-
vention creating Jobs and having
mission points where' people can
serve also are some of the motives'
behind the Center Tlndol said.
Amy Phllpott a Registered Den-
tal Hyglenlst who worked with
Tlndol in setting up the clinic said
she was excited about Tlndol's idea
of providing a service of dental
care and prevention to the people
of Choluteca that was not already
being provided.
"That's right up my alley" Phil-
pott said. "I can't be the dentist; I
can't pull teeth ... all I can do is teach
prevention. That's my expertise."
Although Tlndol's need Is for
dentists and hyglenists students
also have opportunities to serve the
community by helping teach English
and assist with computer classes for
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Dr. Jane Tlndol and Victoria Mancha a registered dental assistant dean a man's teeth at
the Choluteca Community Center on Wednesday Aug. 1 5.
Crickets'
duration
not amount
reason for
discomfort
By Laura Acuff
Studevt Reporter
They Invade the dorms In-
filtrate classrooms and creep
through corridors as they arrive
each year by the thousands. But
they are not students they're
crickets. Although the crickets
are annual fall visitors in Abilene
because of the extensive rainfall
this year residents can expect an
even longer visitation from the
winged insects and ACU faculty
and students are preparing for
the duration.
"There are more crickets than
people to deal with so in that
sense it's a struggle" said Bob
Nevlll director of physical re-
sources. "I don't know If it's any
worse than it has been In the
past. It's longer. The difference
between a million crickets and
1200000 crickets is really not
observable so much but the dif-
ference between a month infes-
tation ana two months Is very
noticeable so that's what we're
aware of; that's the pressure."
Nevlll said Physical Resources
is limited in its response to the
problem. During the summer
lights around campus could be
turned off to discourage the
bugs but when students arrived
safety concerns necessitated the
lights stay on making spraying
Insecticide and caulking cracks
and holes In buildings the best of
few remaining solutions.
"We don't like to use pesti-
cides too much because it's an
indiscriminate killer" Nevlll said.
"It kills the beneficial Insects as
well as those we want to get rid
of so we have to be pretty careful
about It."
Nevlll also cited allergies of
some students and faculty to the
chemicals used in insecticides as
See CRICKETS page 5
SHADES stomping out final members Friday
By Aaron Ballard
Student Reporter
New blood is stepping
Into SHADES. Tryouts be-
gan Monday and have lasted
throughout the week.
"We are looking for any-
one who can catch on quick-
ly and who has a great per-
sonality" said SHADES head
captain Camari Carter se-
nior political science major
from Los Angeles.
The first cuts took place
Wednesday night and the fi-
nal tryout Is Friday. Approx-
imately 28 women and eight
men tried out this year.
"We do not have a specific
number In mind that we are
looking to accept" Carter
said. "We want to avoid add-
ing any extra pressure."
Tryouts are only held
once a year. Returning mem-
bers of SHADES do not auto-
matically have a spot on the
team therefore they must
go through tryouts like ev-
eryone else. Last year the
team consisted of about nine
men and nine women.
This year's officers were
elected last semester. In
addition to Carter officers
include men's captain D.
Jay Wells women's cap-
tains Sara Ellgado and Becca
Schumacher and treasurer
Meghan Dalley.
The first big performance
will take place during Lec-
tureship where the team
will be stepping to an a ca-
pella song similar to their
performance at Sing Song.
Also this fall SHADES will
perform In the culture show
and host a mini-show for the
first time.
"Usually we Just have one
big show in the spring but
this year we want to give ev
erybody a little taste before
that" said Carter.
The mini-show will take
place In the Bean Sprout
toward the end of Novem-
ber. In the spring SHADES
will perform at Sing Song
and at Its big annual show
is usually around April. The
SHADES team also partici-
pates In competitions and
the women of SHADES are
scheduled to compete in
Lubbock in October.
During the year the team
meets for practice twice a
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SHADES tryout Monday evening.
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