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ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
ABILENE 1EXAS
WEDNESDAY
. April 20 2005
OPTIMIST
Vol. 93 No. 50
1 section 8 pages
www.acuoptimist.cotn
Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
Abilene Christian University
Serving the ACU community since 1912
Cad welcome Rani!
The baseball team took .
three of four games from
Angelo States new program.
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Students hope for feelings of reservation:
Nine students wait to hear who was selected after
interviewing for an internship at the Crow Indian
Reservation in Montana.
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Sliding into second:
The softball team finished
second in the division and
earned a playoff berth.
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Study focuses on staff morale
Campus will close
between Christmas
New Year's this year
By MALLORY SHERWOOD
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Loud cheers and applause
were heard when Dr Rocr
Mono) president of the univcr-
sli) announced the campus
would be closed with pa) ciur-
iug the break between
Christmas and New Year's D.i)
for university employees
"Christmas Closure" as ihe
administration will call it is
one of the man) changes to
take place during the next
three cars for faculty and staff
because of a campuswidc sur-
vc) conducted last fall b the
Qu.illt of Life Task Torcc
Monc) addressed more than
300 faculty and staff Thursda)
afternoon in Hart Auditorium
discussing the recommenda
tions of ihe task force he devel-
oped at the beginning of the
academic school )car
The 12-mcmbcr team of fac-
ult) and staff members encom-
passes all areas of the univcrsi-
t) said Mar) Rc)cs-Straccncr
administrative assistant to the
icc president for finance and
member of the task force
Monc) said he formed the
team last fall because he and
the university cabinet members
felt it was hard to feel plugged
in with the other emplo)ces
The committees' tasks were to
assiss the current stale of
cmplo)cc morale and to pro-
vide ideas and suggestions to
improve
Their recommendations
were submitted to the presi-
dent and announced at the
meeting
Scott Perkins assistant pro-
fessor of ps)cholog) and task
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Petty Hunter left leads a group of students as they pick up trash on Walnut Street on Saturday morning during ACU for Abilene. About 350 students par-
ticipated In the annual service day. This year organizers wanted to focus much of (he service on neighborhoods around the university.
Students participate in ACU for Abilene
Annual service day
focuses efforts on areas
around university
By SARAH CARLSON
Ants CnitoR
About 350 students facult)
and administrators participated in
the sixth annual ACU for Abilene
on Saturda) The service project
focused mainl) on reaching out to
neighborhoods surrounding catn-
fius which students had previous-
) worked on during the last
Service Saturda) said Rheannon
Reese senior management mar-
keting major from Austin and co-
chair of ACU for Abilene
'Were tr)ing to build relation
ships with the communit) imme-
diately surrounding ACU sucli as
the Carver neighborhoods" Reese-
said Because students had visited
the neighborhood previous!) and
in charge of pubhcit) for ACU for
Abilene and said the service event
went well She said she was
pleased with the wa the adminis-
tration was involved in the event
with Dr Ro)cc Mone) pr.i)ing in
"Wc'ic trying to build iclatumships with the
community immi'iiiciii'Iy sutwundingACU."
Rhetnnon Rim ACU (or Abilene co chair
returned as the) had promised
thev arc building credibilil) up
and making contacts for further
involvement she said
Jcnna Grime junior English
major from Archbold Ohio was
the mornings devotional Dr
Dvv.)nc VanRheenen provost
and his wife and Dr Gail)n
VanRheenen professor of mis-
sions walking neighborhoods
"The administration was awe
some about being involved this
)car in comparison with other
)cars which we reall) appreciat-
ed" Grime said
Aside from working in neigh-
borhoods other sites people-
worked at included the Boys and
Girls Club of Abilene the- Da)
Nurscr) of Abilene various nurs-
ing homes and Special OI)inpies
practice- she said
The major focus was getting
involved in the neighborhoods
and starling to meet people
around ACU Grime said and
that reall) opened the doors for
evcr)lhing thats going to happen
ncM )ear with Project Abilene
Reese said the members of the
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Club plays game for sake of Humanity
Gamma Sigma Phi
completes 60-hour
softball game Sunday
By JACI SCHNEIDER
OriMos LuiroR
The sun set on a 40 man
softball game Thursday night
and when it rose il shone
down on the same- men half
playing softball and half
attempting sleep in scattered
tents and old couches set up
along the baseline Two sun-
sets two sunrises 321 innings
and 1297 runs later the 60-
hour game finally came to an
end and with it the world
record for the longest softball
game ever pla)cd
The men of Gamma Sigma
Phi raised more than $20000
for Habitat for Humanit) l
nla)ing softball for 60 hours
last weekend Some might call
the undertaking insane which
is wh) planners dubbed the
fundraiser "Insanit) for Hu-
manit) "
David Sessions senior
Christian ministry major from
Issaquab Wash announced
about 10 hours of the game
and stayed at the field for
about 58 of the 60 hours
"It's kind of ridiculous to
ask gu)s to play softball for 60
hours" Sessions said "Dut its
really worth il and a reall) real-
ly small price to pay"
Knowing that the men's
efforts were going toward a
house for a needy famil) made
the insanity worth il Sessions
said He also said that living
outside for just three nights
nude the cause more meaning-
ful and personal for man) pla)-
crs Patrick Vincent junior finance-
major from Arlington
pla)cd for ihe- winning team
Humanit) which scored 729
runs
"Being able to raise that
much money for Habitat for
Humanity was a lot of fun"
Vincent said
Vincent said he looks forward
to building ihe home that iheir
fundraiser paid for next fall
"Half the insanit) is done"
he said
Throughout the event play-
ers changed clothes several
times with costumes ranging
from Scuba Steve outfits to
bike-ridmg uniforms lo sniper
suits The hours from midnight
to 7 am were the craziest
Vincent said when players
lack of sleep and exhaustion
began to takeover
Shane Spencer junior finan-
cial management major from
While Oak also said a lol of
funny things happened after 1
a m
"Ever) thing gc.ts a lot fun-
nier at lhat point" he said
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Police stop
credit card
soliciting
Man offered coupons in return
for personal credit information
By TIFFANY WILLIAMS
Con Editor
Universit) police officers staved off the
risk of idcntil) theft last week when the)
removed a credit card solicitor from cam-
pus The solicitor gave avva) free pizza
coupons from Pizza Hut on Ambler Avenue
for students who filled out a credit card
application which included personal and
credit information said Jimni) Ellison
chief or ACU Police
Lllison said the police received several
phone calls from concerned facult) staff
and students about the solicitor who could
not be on campus without a permit from
Campus Life The police located the solici-
tor in the puking lot near ihe Onstcad-
jlf S0LICITER.s 5
MM Awareness Week
Jam for Justice
7 pm. Thursday
Hilton Room
Snacks and
refreshments:
25 cents
T-shirts: $5
Other events:
Run for Justice
5k run
9 a.m. Saturday
Nelson Park
Registration: $10
Includes a T-shirt
Information display In Hilton Room.
Book sale in The Campus Store.
About 1000
prepare for
May classes
Summer registration numbers
comparable to past at this point
By LAURA STORK
snir Wriicr
Da)s devoted to stud) iug earl) morning
classes late nights and mind-numbing
evims soon will be over for most but not
for cvcr)one
Around 988 students arc registered for
Ma)iucsler classes while 861 students arc
registered for Summer 1 and 474 for
Summer II
These are prctl) comparable numbers
for being this fir along in registering" said
Lisa U Carls assistant director for the
Office of Institutional Research and
Assessment 'Summer I is down a htlle
while Summer II is up a little "
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The men of Gamma Sigma Phi cheer on other members of Iheir club
during the last inning of a 32Mnning 60-hour softball game Sunday.
The world-record-breaking game raised funds for Habitat for Humanity.
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