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WEDNESDAY
April 23 2008
Vol. 96 No. 51
1 section 8 pages
www.acuoptlmlst.com
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ki the ACU rodeo tradition
FocusWednesday brings pictures from the ACU Rodeo
featuring steers cowboys cowgirls and clowns page 5
Hellooooooo ladies
Heartbeat clothing line released new designs in the
Campus Store but these are for the women page 3
Swept away
ACU's sweep of Cameron clinches the
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top seed for the LCS tournament page 8
Run's silver anniversary makes green
By Molly Byrd
StUDEVT REPORTER
The men of Galaxy who
promoted the 25th annual
Kirk Goodwin Run outdid
themselves this car. With
a total of 198 runners and
$11000 raised In donations
Galaxy members proudl) say
the event was the biggest It's
been so far.
"This event wouldn't
happen without the ACU
and Abilene community so
Galaxy would like to thank
everyone for being there
donating money and sup-
porting us" said Will Morris
senior management major
from Cypress.
The Kirk Goodwin Run
was created to honor a mem-
ber of the men's social club
who passed away in a car ac-
cident in 198-1. The mission
of the event at that time was
to help his family with his
medical bills. The Goodwin
family requested that Galaxy
continue the run for years'to
come in order to help other
families going through situ-
ations such as theirs.
Galaxy has upheld Its
request and gradually the
event's resources and fund-
ing have grown. Now Galaxy
helps more than one family
a year.
"The best part was prob-
ably seeing all the smiles on
the families' faces and see-
ing how many people came
out to support" said Ben
Mitchell Junior finance ma-
jor from Alpharetta Ga.
Morris said he enjoyed
watching how much It meant
to the Goodwin family and
the other families they were
able to help out financially.
"I liked how Involved and
excited everyone was" said
Chase Lindsay sophomore
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Building steps The 25th annual event had 1 98 runners participate and raised $1 1 000 in donations
By Sommcriy Slmur
SrtDEM Reporter
Four ACU students spent
their Saturday from sunrise
to sunset in a tree in front of
Nelson Hall.
With a sign hanging on the
trunk and a money jar sitting
on a table adjacent to the tree
the sitting paid off the stu-
dents raised more than $280
for various mission trips the
tree sitters will be going on
this summer.
"I Just thought It would be
a really unique way to raise
money" said Cecilia Clowdus
Junior psychology major from
Hurst. "And I've never sat in a
tree before."
Clowdus will be going to
Paris this summer with World-
Wide Witness and said she
needs to raise about $2300.
"I'm passed the halfway
point in raising money for my
Internship" Clowdus said
Haley Dilling Junior mar-
keting major from Vero
Beach Ha came up with the
Idea of having a tree-a thon to
raise money.
"The idea just popped in my
head one day" Dilling said. "I
attribute the idea to God "
Dilling will be going to Cho-
luteca Honduras with Mission
Lazarus this summer. Dilling
said she needs to raise $3000
so far she has raised $1100.
She will be one of eight In-
terns and will be able to rotate
through all different aspects
of ministry Including work-
ing In a medical clinic and an
orphanage.
"1 will be able to Introduce
people to Jesus and learn a lot
while I'm there" Dilling said.
Clowdus agreed that her
mission trip should be a
learning experience as well.
"I'm really hoping for God
to change me and that I can
learn to share Christ in a cul-
ture I've never been in" Clow-
dus said.
Several people walked by
the tree noticed the big sign
and stopped to ask questions
or donate money. And the
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Men's club
'Trojans'
aims for
comeback
ByPcieKothn
Student Reporter
For the Trojans social club the future
is looking a little brighter.
The club's numbers have been down
over the past several years but this
spring several freshmen have already
expressed Interest in the group.
The Trojans have been on campus
since 1930 making them the second-
oldest club right behind Sub T-16.
Cody Rollins junior management
major from Houston serves as the
club's president and is one of only
three active members.
"Every club goes through high and
low times" Rollins said. "A decade ago
we had good numbers. Now is Just one
SeeWWMM page 4
Arts scissors
crafts fare well
By Meghan Clark
Student Reporter
Most people think that rock paper
scissors is a children's game. But at
ACU the name connotes a craft fair
where students can sell their artwork
and enjoy out of-town bands.
Rock Paper Scissors held its fourth
craft fair Friday in the Living Room of
the Campus Center from 7 to 11 pm.
Student artists sold clothing decorated
T-shirts and even made pottery. The
audience also listened to three bands:
Florene Matthew and the Arrogant Sea
both from Denton and Dana Falconber-
ry from Austin.
Kelly Dennis senior English major
from Houston started the craft fair
her freshman year. She enjoyed making
crafts especially sewing and knitting
and wondered if other students had the
KATIE 0MSIK CHEF PHOTOGRAPHER
Cecilia Clowdus junior psychology major from Hurst and Haley Dilling junior marketing major from Vero Beach Fla sit In a tree outside
Nelson Residence Hall for more than 1 0 hours for the Tree-a-thon" an event to raise money for summer mission trips
See CRAFTS page 4
ACU for the IRC help refugees during Service Saturday
By Sara Snelion
Arts Editor
The International Rescue
Committee is devoted to help
relocated refugees settle in
Abilene and provide them with
everyday necessities. On Sat-
urday the IRC teamed up with
ACU for the IRC during Service
Saturday and held one of Its
many donation drives.
The donation drives are
held at different complexes
and Saturday the donations
were taken to Highland Oaks
apartments.
"We have done several
drives this year and this was
one of the biggest drives so
far. We only had about mo or
three bags of stuff left" said
Kelline Linton vice president
of ACU for IRC and Junior Jour-
nalism major from Spring
All the donated Items
are held in storage until the
morning of the drive. The
Items are then picked up and
transferred to the drive site
and organized into catego-
ries. The refugees are given a
time for the drive to start and
can come and take everything
they want. ACU for the IRC
tries to give one piece of big
ACU FOR THE IRC
The IRC could use volun-
teers donations and family
mentors For more Information
or questions e-mail Aly Shanks
at alyshanksQthelrcorg or call
at 325-675-5643
furniture to every family for
fairness' sake. Also the IRC
encourages the families to
take all donated items.
"We want the kids to take
all of they toys and stuffed an-
imals they want. One little girl
' kept asking me permission to
take more things. They are not
used to just getting things"
Linton said. "I could see the
excitement on the refugees'
faces and how thankful they
were for everything "
The main job for the Ser-
vice Saturday volunteers was
to check out all of the items
and account for everything.
The IRC wants to make sure
It knows every item that was
taken and can account for it.
Linton said it was a big job
because there was so much
stuff to account for.
Aly Shanks volunteer co-
ordinator for the IRC said
"About 20 families attend
ed the drive and there was
enough for everyone. The
ACU volunteers did wonder-
fully helping out and were
good sports."
ACU for the IRC is new to
campus this year and so far
this y ear It has had several do-
nation drives and held events
for the refugees during Easter
and Thanksgiving
"The group has been a
successful endeavor already.
We have been able to raise a
lot of awareness and people
want to help" Linton said.
See IRC page 4
Vlbulno Hun sophomore biol-
ogy major from Cambodia sorts
through clothes at the ACU for the
IRC Drive on Saturday
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