The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 6, Ed. 1, Friday, October 12, 1979 Page: 1 of 23
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Optimist
October 12 1979
Abilene Christian University
Volume 67 Number 6
Homecoming Queen candidates to be nominated
Candidates for Homecoming
Queen will be nominated Wed
nesd.n in chapel and the
nominees are to be presented at a
press conference 'I hursd.i
"I he normal number of
nominees is about 10 said Saia
Hiockman Homecoming co
chaii man .lack Hosenqinst is the
other to than man
Brockman said the number of
nominees anes ftom about nine
to 11 depending upon the ote
distiibution ()nl stnioi gulsaro
eligible for the title
I he Queen will be clotted
dining thaptl Oct 24 and she
will be clowned dining half time
of the football game Ot t 27
As foi othei Honutoming
plans Biockman said th.it the
Library parking lot remains
reserved for faculty use
Oaivin Bcauchamp dean ol
student pel sonnet seivicis has
hem tonsidtiing a plan to allow
some student paiking in the
hbiaiv lot but savs the lot will
piohahlv continue to be
i eslt ic led to latultv slafl and
visiloi pat king
Weve betn doing some
tlietkmg but fiom the wav it
looks now it will continue to be
foi tacultv and stall onlv
Bcauchamp said
I he hbiaiv lot formtilv had
bun used foi olf tampus student
paiking but this veai it was
t hanged to facultv staff and
visitoi paiking to attominodalt
themovingol admuusti alive and
staff oflitis to Zellnei and the
loss of !' fatullv lot in fiont ol
the science building
tasScsta
SAT Scores
Reasons for lower
SAT and ACT
scores
page A-11
Non-members
Do they feel
welcome?
page A-14
The Bean Scene
A closer look
at what goes on
in the bean
page A-89
String Bean
"Scrawny" Feasel
sprouts into
gigantic lineman
page B-4
committee than men in thai ge of
student activities are to have all
their plans finalised b toda
' Then we II hae our end fan 1
well tied up ' she said
"The committee chairmen
deserve just as muth tiedit as
Jatk and I The don t get as
much publicit but tliej do an
awful lot of work" she said
One new event planned foi this
vear is the tlub collage com
petition Janet Btock and Todd
1'ickle aie in charge of that
ev cut
Social tlul)s .ind othei in
terested oi ganiations w ill mount
a tollage dcpittmg then ac
tiv lties on a tin ee foot bv fiv e foot
paiticle board which will be
stained and varnished
Students now must p.uk in lots
ai miss the "-tiu' It om the
tampus hi behind Sew ill
I lit all i Sunn studt ills had
iiimplainul thai tin1 libi.uv lol
was beum wasiul sime il was
in vu lillid
One student designed a plan to
allow some student pai king m the
lot and piesented the plan to
Beauth.imp
Beauthamp said he had
tounted emptv paiking plates
Sept 24 27 and again last week
dm mg the mid morning when the
lot is most full and he found 42-48
emptv spaces
We aie conscious of the fact
that it is not good to have excess
places especiallv if students aie
having) h nd time finding places
(continued on page A 6)
Soph senator
race continues
A run off election today bet-
ween Pat Powell and Alan
Dejarnatt will decide the
replacement for sophomore
senator Bubba New house who
resigned last week
New house told that Senate that
between a full time job and his
duties as a husband and full time
student he was unable to carry
out his responsibility as a
senator
I he Students' Association
constitution does not specif a
pioceduie for electing a
i eplacement 'I he Senate detided
.it its Monda.v night meeting to
have a special election Wed
nesda between the students that
were in the senatorial run off last
spi mg
'I he candidates in the special
election weie Powell Dejarnatt
Kirb Bosle Gar Hanna Mark
Haney Michele LeFevre and
Hhonda Staples
A runoff between Powell
Dejarnatt and Bosley was held
Thursday
"They can use pitturcs
newspaper articles anything at
all to show the club's creativity
and include a paragraph telling
about the tlub" Brockman said
The milages will be mounted
on frames and displaced
although it has not jet been
determined where the will be
exhibited
'That will give it a more ar-
tistic flavor kind of like an art
show " she said "I feel like the
clubs aie so fud of talent that
the will do an outstanding job "
Alumni w ill judge the milages
Brotkman explained that the
collages are intended to help fill
the place of the discontinued
class and club projects
ACU maintenance crews face the grungy job of repairing a water pipe that broke Tuesday
night Mabee Dormitory Moody Coliseum Brown Library and the Don Morris Communication
Center were left without water but the system was fixed by noon the next day.
The co chairmen had originally
intended to plan more activities
foi parents who aren't alumni
but Brockman said the had
decided those activities would be
more appropriate for Sing Song
"The schedule and routine of
Homecoming is just so full and so
set that there s icall not any
place for other activities" she
said
I he Student Foundation is
sponsoring the Festival of roods
again this vear in which clubs
and service organizations
opeiate food booths in Bennett
G.vmOtt 20 and 27
Opening Frida.v evening for
dinner the festival will feature
such foods as nachos barbecue.
The Dirty Work
pi77a hot dogs and chilli About
15 booths are expected
Women of ACU will sell
desserts and the Student
Foundation will sell drinks
Social clubs will have their
breakfast reunions Oct V
Delta Theta will be at Koal
Inn GATA Briarstone Manor
Ko Jo Kai Abilene Women's
Club Sigma Theta Chi the
Windsor Hotel Ballroom and
Zeta Hho Alpha the Pantr
Fratcr Sodalis will meet at
Lubj's Cafeteria Mall of
Abilene Galaxy the Sheraton
Inn Kinsmen Briarstone
Manor Knights Ramada Inn.
Sub T 10 McCplen s Downtown
and Ti ojans Qualit Inn
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 6, Ed. 1, Friday, October 12, 1979, newspaper, October 12, 1979; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth91974/m1/1/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.