The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 1, Ed. 1, Monday, August 22, 2005 Page: 7 of 16
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Chrlstl Proctor had less
than S 1000 and only one
day to complete her most
recent challenge.
Her task1 to transform
an ordinary residence hall
room for two freshman
women who would be
calling the room "home"
for the next eight months
Into a luxurious home
away from home.
Proctor a designer on
The Learning Channel's
"Trading Spaces" helped
two freshman women turn
a typical residence hall
room into a modern Mo-
roccan suite on Aug. 13
when they began moving
into Gardner Residence
Hall.
Ashton BelMle fresh-
man biology major from
Cleburne has known Proc-
tor since she was four
years old. "She's always
been a friend of my mom's
and our family since I can
remember" Bcllvillc said.
Bellvillc said that she
along with Proctor and
roommate Ashton Lloyd
a freshman graphic design
major also from Cleburne
began shopping for fabric
for their room in January.
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Katie Morrison freshman graphic design and advertising major from Franklin Tenn sits with Ashton
Bellville freshman biology major from Cleburne In her room in Gardner Hall on Saturday
pick out fabric for our
room" Bellvillc said.
The two roommates
best friends since Bell-
ville's move to Cleburne
her freshman year of high
school chose the colors
burnt orange olive green
eggplant purple and gold
to pull off their Moroccan
theme.
Lloyd said their mothers
began sewing the comfort-
ers dust ruffles curtains
and pillows for the room
once they purchased the
fabric from Childress Fab-
ric and Furniture in Dallas
and were working on fin-
ishing everything up until
the night before they left
to come to school.
Proctor a Waco resi-
dent helped the girls pur-
chase other items needed
to complete their room
and helped arrange the
room to be space efficient
and still feel like home
Bellville said.
The beds arranged in
the shape of an "L" are
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decorated with pillows
in shapes of circles cyl-
inders squares and rect-
angles that arc trimmed
with beads. The room also
contains curtains that cov-
er the wall of windows an
entertainment center a
couch and a floor rug.
"Christl was so ecstatic
to help us because she Just
has boys and this year
her son Just went out and
bought a Bed in a Bag for
his room" Bellville said.
"We were a lot more fun "
Enthusiasm was conta-
gious throughout Gard-
ner Hall as other fresh-
man women came to view
the room often returning
with more friends.
"The girls just come in
groups at all hours to see
our room" Bellvillc said.
"We just invite them to
come in even if it is at
1:30 in the morning like
yesterday when we al-
ready asleep."
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sleep doesn't deter these
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women from continuing
to invite more to come in
when they stop by.
"It's been a lot of fun for
us to get to meet so many
new people who Just arrive
at our door" Lloyd said
Both women said they
loe their room Proctor
designed and would only
add one thing paint if
they could
Although they said they
loe having people stop
bv to sec their room both
women said they hope
people don't get the wrong
impression
"Some people might
think that we're special
and stuck up for having a
designer come in to deco-
rate but it's not like that"
Bellville said. "I don't want
people to get the impres-
sion that we're rich and
know it alls because we
reallv aren't. We're goofy
and love to have fun We're
normal "
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Large freshman
class begins its
first semester
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By JACI SCHNEIDER
Copy Editor
About 1000 fresh-
men arrived on campus
last week to begin their
college career by par-
ticipating in Welcome
Week said Robert Hell
director
of Admis-
sions and
Man-
agement. A 1 -though
many
first-year
students often change
their mind about remain-
ing at the university dur-
ing the first few weeks
of the semester because
college life wasn't what
they expected or they
want to move closer to
home; however students
also make the decision
to come to the univer-
sity late based on those
same reasons Hell said
in an c mail.
"There is some natu-
ral transition throughout
the first couple weeks of
the semester" he said.
"The numbers and rea-
sons vary."
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Although 1003 stu-
dents graduated last
year Hell said this year's
freshman class is one of
the largest in recent his-
tory. "Overall enrollment
should be comparable
to last year" Heil said
although official enroll-
ment numbers aren't
taken until the 1 2 th class
day of the semester.
"ACU's current enroll-
ment positions us as one
of the largest private
universities in the South-
west" Heil said. He said
he thinks the university
will continue It's high
enrollment numbers
which have ranged from
4675 to 4780 in the past
few years.
Heil said that the uni-
versity's high enrollment
numbers and consistent-
ly large freshman class-
es show the demand for
the kind of education
the university offers.
"We have outstand-
ing undergraduate and
graduate programs"
Heil said. "ACU is a great
option for students who
are looking for an ex-
ceptional education in
an environment that en-
courages students to put
Christ first in everything
they do."
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