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WEDNESDAY
October 24 2007
Vol. 96 No. 17
1 sections 8 pages
www.acuoptimist.com
Shining a light on Jigsaw
Nonnan and pumpkins
Halloween happenings around town
to whet any guy or ghoul's appetite page
Ghana any Change? Playoff homestretch W L
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students' home country Ghana page 3 weekend and year for a playoff push page M
Southern
By Rachel Davit
Opisios Editor
Raging wildfires threat-
ened the safet) of one of
ACU's sister schools Pep-
pcrdlnc Univcrslt) In
Malibu Calif. on Sunday.
Through emergency notifi-
cations students uere able
to be safe and the fires have
illustrated how important
Queen
fulfills
lifelong
dream
By Denton Joicy
Feati res Editor
Lauryn Lewis was shocked
to win Homecoming Queen
but she had ACU liistor) on
her side.
Lewis senior English edu-
cation and integrated market-
ing communication major
from Houston was crowned
the 2007 Homecoming Queen
during Saturdays football
game at Shotvvell Stadium.
When she heard her name
called as the winner Lewis
was surprised.
"I was real shocked 1
turned and looked at my dad
and we had the same shocked
expression" Lauryn said. "It
was so special for me and m)
family having them all there
to experience that with me. 1
was so surprised and hon-
ored for that recognition. It's
a moment I'll never forget."
Before halftime Lauryn
and her father Guy "Mojo"
Lewis ('80) were talking In
the bleachers about her jour-
ney to ACU.
Lauryn's parents Guy and
Holly Lewis graduated from
ACU in 1980 and won the
awards for Mr. ACU and Miss
ACU. Mrs. Lewis was also on
Homecoming court in the Fall
of 1979.
When she was a bab)
her father would sing "Dear
Christian College" to her
Lauryn said and on her first
day of preschool she wore an
ACU cheerleading outfit.
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Former congressmen
By Lauren Sutton
Copy Editor
Conversation about polit-
ical Issues ranging from so-
cial security to global warm-
ing remained cordial and a
bit humorous as students
of both political parties met
with two former congress-
men to exchange ideas and
engage in a politically ori-
ented dialogue.
Republican Arlen Erdahl
congressman from 1979 to
1 983 and Democrat Norman
D'Amours congressman
from 1975-1985 answered
questions at a College Dem-
ocrats forum Monday night
California fires burn close
ACU's new emergent) test
messaging sstem will be in
the future said ACU police
chief Jimm) Illison.
Peppcrdinc students were
roused from their dorms earl)
and sta) ed in the cafeteria and
other various central campus
locations for most of the da)
said Peppcrdinc student Leslie
Reed junior Spanish and Ger-
man major from Ailanta.
Folding Up
Lauryn Lewis senior English education and Integrated marketing communication major from Houston
reacts after hearing her name announced as the 2007 Homecoming Queen on Saturday at Shotvvell Stadium
to a student audience as
part of .the program Con-
gress to Campus.
"1 didn't think it would be
so interesting seeing their
knowledge in politics" said
College Democrats presi-
dent Donovan Plummer ju-
nior communications major
from Mesquite. "The) 've been
around and their anal) sis
and opinions were so amaz-
ing That hour flew b) ."
Throughout the forum
the former congressmen
stressed Individual respon-
sibility involvement In poli-
tics and global learning.
"We tend to be a nation
of international illiterates"
"lor us It was safer to
sta) on campus than leave"
Heed said. "Roads were
closed and the winds were
so unpredictable that Irving
to leave would have been
more hazardous Sporadic
fires In the (Malibu CrceM
Can) on and the highw.i)
would have made It vcr) dif-
ficult to get out."
Reed said her roommate
KjBI
discuss controversial
said Erdahl who served as
the Countr) Director for
the Peace Corps in Jamaica
from 198 J to 1989. "1 think
it's also a good reason to be
involved in partisan poli-
tics. It's easier to be on the
outside throwing rocks but
It's much more exciting to
be involved."
A large portion of Monday
night's conversation dealt
with issues related to the
2008 Presidential election.
D'Amours focused on the
Importance of preserving
the New Deal making refer-
ence to the health care bill
Bush recently vetoed while
Erdahl talked about the need
did leave Malibu and made
it to a nearb) town but fires
were there as well.
"She would have been saf-
er on campus" Reed said.
Ulison said when It comes
to emergenc) planning there's
no wa) to bav e a plan for each
emergenc) that ma) occur.
"ou can't have 97
plans for each emergenc)"
Illison said. "That's not re
the Big Top
IRIAN SCHMIDT SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER
to Improve upon the Repub-
lican Part) for the upcoming
election. But both congress-
men agreed that though the
politicians might disagree
on v arious issues America is
better for having more than
one political party
"I would not want to live
in a country with one party"
D' Amours said. "I'd become
a Republican before I agreed
to having one party."
The congressmen also dis-
cussed domestic issues in-
cluding social security educa-
tion and America's response
to global warming and as
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to home
alistic. ou need one plan
that Is strong enough to ad-
dress ever) need and adapt
to ever) thing that might
come up. 'I he difficult) with
emergenc) planning is that
)ou can't have a onc-sle-flts-all
approach."
Peppcrdinc has Its own
fire department and a veg-
etation barrier around cam-
pus that is watered all the
'Greatest show'
By Sara Snclion
Arts Editor
Tills ) ear's Homecoming
"The Greatest Homecoming on
Earth" had no problem stand-
ing up to last ) car's centennial
Homecoming.
Jama Cadle Alumni
Events coordinator said the
2007 Homecoming was com-
parable to last ) ear's and
there ma) have been a great-
er turnout.
"Last )ear there was so
much publicity about it being
the centennial ) ear that a lot
of people had ahead) visited
the campus before Home-
coming so the Homecoming
Shaelee Gibson 4 rears back as she prepares to hit the strength test game
at the Homecoming carnival on Friday In the campus mall area.
issues with students
Arlen Erdahl Republican congressman from Minnesota and Norman
D'Amours Democratic congressman from New Hampshire speak at the
Congress to Campus event In the Campus Center Uvlng Room on Monday
for some
time Reed said.
"Io get to the campus
a fire would have to burn
through wet grass and other
vegetation" Reed said.
Illison said most univer-
sities In Texas don't have
their own fire departments
but ACU Is fortunate in its
proxlmlt) to an Abilene fire
Sec FIRES page 5
comes to an end
feeling was somewhat for-
gotten about" Cadle said.
This )ear minor things
were tweaked in activities
such as adding another stage
for JnmFest and a reunion
mixer was added at the car-
nival so old friends could
see each other more through
out the weekend.
Not all of the numbers
.from the weekend are cal-
culated but the alumni of-
fice estimates about 2300
alumni showed up this year
for Homecoming and about
8-1 students volunteered for
various activities.
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BRIAN SCHMIDT SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER
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