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ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION VOL. 86 NO. 14 OCTOBER 10 1997
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Above: Spiritual Renewal Week participants worship
Wednesday night In Moody Coliseum.
Right: Lucado speaks on "Touching the King's Heart"
Wednesday night in Moody.
Lucado ends
visit to ACU
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iy Julie O'Neill
News editor
Award-winning Christian
author and ACU alumnus Max
Lucados visit to ACU rnded
Wednesday night with a message
titled "Touching the Kings
Heart"
Lucado's scries of messages
this week part of 5piritual
Renewal Week centered around
the theme of his upcoming book
A Heart Like His. Tills idea was at
the core of the weeks banner
theme: "God loves you just the
way you are. But He refuses to
leave you there. He wants you to
be juit like Jesus."
Other titles of his presenta-
tions this week included: "Just
Like Jesus" "When Heaven
Celebrates" "When Your Heart
Needs A Father" "You Are
Special" and "The King Who
Surrendered His Crown."
Lucado's trip to ACU was one
of three speaking engagements
he lias scheduled during the year
one of the other two being at the
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Promise Keepers Stand in the
Gap rally last Saturday in
Washington D.C
Many students said they felt
Lucadoi words had a powerful
impact on campus.
"His spiritual example and
teaching has been an awesome
influence on this campus" said
Kevin Linderman junior Bible
It was something
! need to hear.
- Vino Mazzei
major from Belmont Calif. "I
think it Is a continuing of the
spiritual awakening and renewal
this campus is seeing."
Other students said they were
inspired by Lucados message of
Gods unconditional love.
"I thought what he said about
God loving you the same today
yesterday and tomorrow was
good" said Vino Mazzei sopho-
more biochemistry major from
AmindtReiter
Cuba Mo. "Sometimes I don't
feel God loves me as much when
I'm doing things that hurt him. It
was something I need to hear
something that 1 had an idea of
that needed to be reinforced."
Will Davis sophomore pre-
med major from Clute said "I
thought it was a message that isn't
sliared a lot at least from what 1
heard. Us a good message one
that should be talked abotit a lot."
Davis said he also applauded
the people who responded to the
Invitations that Lucado gave at
the end of each presentation.
"I was really impressed with
all the people that went for-
ward" he said. "I think it was a
good thing. Last year we didn't
really have anything like that
and I think its something we
should have more of."
To complete Spiritual Re-
newal Week Janeane Reese
adjunct faculty member in the
Department of Bible spoke
Thursday and Trey Finley gradu-
ate student in Christian educa-
tion from Longview led a song
devotional Friday.
ly Thomas Freeman
Staff Writer
Set pieces props and the
orchestra for the Homecoming
Musical How to Succeed in
Business Without Really Trying
are now being incorporated into
rehearsal with just a few weeks
until opening day.
"All of the pieces arc starting
to come together now" said
Steve Pounders director of the
Homecoming Musical.
How to Succeed In Business
Without Really Trying is the story
of J. Pierrcpont Finch a window
washer with ambition. The
music and lyrics for the
Broadway musical were written
by Frank Loesser.
This week and next week
choreography rehearsals will be
taking place and at the end of
this week rehearsals will include
the orchestra conducted by Dr.
Ed George assistant chairman of
the music department
A few touch-ups still need to
be done on the set but
rehearsals with set pieces began
at the Civic Center last week
with all of the props in place.
Gary Vamer in-house
designer for the drama depart-
ment said the set is bright col-
orful and reminiscent of the 60s
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Ryan Swearlngen senior theatre
major from Eatontown N .). and
Karl Firestone senior secondary
education major from Carlsbad
N.M. practice their respective
parts for the upcoming
Homecoming musical
TV show Lough'Jn. The walls
contain doorways that pop open
and the whole look is cartoon-
ish Vamer said.
"It says 'hey we're going to
have fun" he said.
Every scene depicts some
variation of the World Wide
Wickets Industries building
where the play is set such as a
reception area an elevator a
washroom or an office.
"The walls give us a lot pr
variety in a very simple ele-
gance" Pounders said.
Also a grand staircase sta-
tioned in the back of the set can
be pulled on and off the set
which works well for many of
the dance numbers according to
Pounders.
The leads of the play features
Ryan Swearlngen senior theatre
major from Eatontown N J. and
Karl Firestone senior interdisci-
plinary studies major from
Carlsbad N.M.
"They work well together"
Pounders said.
Swearlngen and Firestone
have performed together before
in dancing routines in The Vord
Goes 'Round in a cast of six.
Pounders said he plans to
have spots for cameo perfor-
mances from the business
department. Several business
majors and business department
staff will be making appearances.
"We have a special spot for
Jack Griggs head of the business
department" Pounders said.
"He's going to appear in every
show and hes going to be
singing. He doesn't know that
yet."
Campus publication gives
chance to aspiring writers
Iy Melanie Thomas
Staff Writer
For students who tune in to "Must-See TV on
NBC you may want to skip it this Thursday.
Poetry and prose will be read 7:30 p.m. to 10
p.m. Thursday in the Bean Sprout in an event the
Shlnnery Review advisers are calling "Thursday
NightMust-See Shlnnery."
Readings will come from the spring "96 and
spring '97 Issues of the Shlnnery Review ACUfc lit-
erary magazine and will be performed by authors
of the published literature.
The Bean Sprout will have a 1960s coffeehouse
atmosphere arid live music will be played.
According to Dr. Stephen Weathers adviser of
the Review and professor of English the purpose of
the event is to solicit students to submit their poet
ry and prose to the 98 issue.
Weathers said students may bring manuscripts
to the event or they can take them to the
Department of English office in Room 308 of the
Chambers Building where they will receive a cover
sheet to go along with their work.
He also said the '96 and 97 issues will be on sale
for $3 at the event.
Albert Haley writer-in-residence and also advis-
er to the Review said he is excited about the chance
to share excerpts from the Shlnnery Review.
Haley said some of the readers are "capable of
reading their work in a way that is both entertain-
ing and illuminating.
"Very strong prose and poetry was produced last
spring and this is a new opportunity to re-expose it
in a new form.. .live and in person" he said.
Free coffee and blscottl will be served to all who
attend the event
Wildcat Kid
activity involves
dinner movie
Ey Claire Pruitt
Staff Writer
On Bended Knee
Above: Jacob Young junior
human communication major
from Conroe participates In the
GRACE tri-college devotional at
the Abilene Civic Center as part
of the Abilene Chamber of
Commerce's Collegiate Salute.
Right: GRACE Worship leaders
lead the devotional Thursday
night.
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Although the first scheduled
Wildcat Kid activity was not until
later in the semester organizers
of Wildcat Kids planned an activ-
ity they thought would be less
stressful and relaxing for the kids.
The kids and their partners
met In Bennet Gym Thursday
from 5:30 p.m.- 7:30 p.m. to
watch the movie Sand Lot and
have pizza and cokes.
Co-chair Shanta Pandit
sophomore marketing and man-
agement major from Nashville
Tenn. said they chose an easy
activity because it is a busy time
of the semester for students with
pledging and other activities
going on.
"We wanted a low-key com-
fortable activity where kids can
get to know their partners"
Pandit said.
Co-chair Anne Beard junior
elementary education major
from Grartdvicw said tills first
activity is "a time to get the kids
out to have fun."
Beard said that they planned
to watch a movie on campus
because "a lot of the kids are
underprivileged and don't get to
watch movies very often."
Pandit said the activity was
fun for the kids because the movie
was geared toward their age
group and they got to see friends
from school. Abo the children
look up to college students.
"They get to hang out with
college students and we're like
big kids" Pandit said.
Beard said they waited to
have the first Wildcat Kid activi-
ty because they liad many stu-
dents to interview.
"We didn't want to limit the
interviews" she said.
Beard said they have 150 stu-
dent partners and approximately
50 children.
She said 50 of the partners
will not get paired with a child
until they get more children to
participate in the program.
Activities planned for the rest
of the semester are a Halloween
carnival roller skating in
November and a Christmas
party in December Beard said.
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