The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 1, Ed. 1, Monday, August 27, 2001 Page: 1 of 12
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AC Us parking system
changed over the
summer and students
need to bo aware of
guidelines about park
ing spots tickets and
decals Pago 3
Welcome Week
New students' activities
during the past week
are highlighted in pho-
tographs throughout
the newspaper
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Block
pricing plan on back burner
Committee
to continue
studying
plan's effects
The univi'isilv has post
poned .1 dm ision .ihoul
changing tlu u.i students
pav fm tuition nul tecs while
the Block li it ms Ilmiii con-
tinues sttuhini; the plans
effect on students
'Block tuition lias been
shelve il indefinitel)' Ui lto)ce
lonc univeisil) piesulent
told the Optimist 1 1st week
Monc) snd blink pi icing
did nut appeal on the agenda
or the lliiaid ot liuslces inect
iii;hst weekend
A block pnciii(! sjstem
would have eliminated the
cicdit limn sstciii the mil
eisit now uses and would
set one pi ice foi taking a
inline ol bonis
In a Decembci meeting ol
the Students' Association the
(ougiess oled oeiwhelm
mglv to oppose block pucing
in itsloimat the time because
nl com ems about what such a
plan would mean foreconom
ic dieisil among students
as well as potentially limiting
paiticipation in cMracuiiicu
lai activities
Vicki Andeison executive
assistant to the executive uce
picsident .Hid (hail ol the
Block Pricing learn said bet
committees dneclive is to
keep studwng the plan tli.it
its not so much shelwd as
having been pi ' on a back
burner
Instead ol implementing
block piiung in fall 2002 the
committee will take annlhu
veal to stud) how the plan will
aflcctAc 1) iheeailicstlheplin
would take ellect is in fall 2003
Andeison said the plan h is
"The only icason
lor ACU lo switch
lo a block pricing
policy would he il
it's beneficial lo the
majority ol
students."
Vicki Anderson
chair of the Block Pricing Team
undeigone several majot
changes lecentlv
Block pi icing would be
phased m beginning with the
lieshman class in Join ever)
jear the next class also would
pa) a block price until all
classes fell under the plan in
the fall or .()()()
Andeison said other
schools that have switched to
block piiung found the
piocess was less confusing lo
students and stiessful on
business olfices when block
pi icing was phased in
lhe team also plans to
include all tuition and fees in
the total price Previous!) the
plan onlv included tuition
lhisiswhalvveieti)ingto
get at one pi ice foi ever)
thing Andeison said
Uassioom epeiienie isn't
the onlv education that hap
pens at ACU '
Welcoming a new year
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PHOTOS BY BRADY LANE
Chad Huston sophomore computer science major from Southlake yells as new students enter Moody Coliseum during the opening session
of Welcome Week Tuesday morning Upperclassmen helped plan and execute the week of activities
Welcome Week offers
'renewed' opportunities
Tuesday night'
students filled
s candlelight devotional is a Welcome Week tradition New
Beauchamp Amphitheater
lhe 17ih annual Welcome
Week olleied activities to miio
duce about I 200 new students
to ( II
Working fiom the Romans
12 2 theme of llencw oui
lmcl ' students p.uticipatcd in
spintual ciliK.ition.il and social
activities
iinu.il highlights included
opening session candlelight
devotional lunch with lacullv
movie at the Paiamoiiiu
Ihcatie suiiiisc devotional
dep.il (mental duiiici sand a tal
cut show
During the week the new
students winked on a lood
drive
(o chaiis of Welcome Week
2001 vvcte pril Baker senior
communication disnulcis
major hoin Sn)der and And)
1 ustci junior )outh and f.iiiul)
iiunistt) iiiajoi fiom (i.uland
In addition to the ttadition.il
co chairs Welcome Week also
was directed b) the New
Student Orientation learn
composed of eight faeult) and
stall members and eight stu
dents
1 he Block Pricing Team
was not originally formed to
cieate a new payment system
for ACU Anderson said the
committee was charged to
examine students' debt loads
upon graduation and the
schools low four-) ear gradua-
tion rate
She said block pricing
appealed to be a solution to
both of these problems
1 he committee will contin-
ue stud) ing these two prob-
lems as well as closely exam-
ining two student groups who
might be adverscl) alfectedby
block pricing students who
Please see BLOCK Page 11
Tuesday
Night Devo
changing
as Grace
moves
Melissa Oossey
tpy 'i el
Grace Bible .Study will take
place lucsd.i) nights at the
Abile"e Civic Center starting
Sep l 11 and Iuesday Night
Devotional a longtime ACU
tradition is moving to Monday
nights
Grace will change locations
because too many people
attend to fit comfortably in
University Baptist Church
where it has taken place dur-
ing the past seven years said
lieltwa) Park Baptist college
minister Matt Chandler
A more spiritual reason also
prompted the move Chandler
said
"We wanted a place that
was common ground"
Chandler said ' We couldn't
find one until now
Chandler said the move
from Thursda) to Tuesday was
complete!) logistical
"Most conferences in the
Civic Center come Thursday
through Saturda) and when
Tucsda) isn't open we can use
the exhibit hall" Chandler said
Chandler said the move to
the Civic Center will help to
ease tensions among some
students especially at the
beginning of the) ear
Grace Bible Stud) began in
the spring of 1994 with a small
group of college students and
lias grown to attract more than
1000 students from the three
church-affiliated colleges in
Abilene according Grace's Web
site crotowiiiilmiiiistnes org
Because of the change in
nights the university's
Iuesda) Night Devotional will
move to Mondi)s
Brent Wilson senior elec-
tronic media major from
Abilene led Iuesda) Night
Devotional last )car and said
he does not think the move to
Mondav night will alfect atten-
dance ' No matter when ACU has a
devotional it still will reach
the people it needs to reach"
Wilson said
Wilson who formerly
scivcd as chair of the Spiritual
Please see DEVO Page 2
Dropping classes
Students ma) receive a
full refund for dropped
classes through Wednesday
at 5 p m
A 90 percent refund Is
available If the class Is
dropped by Sept. 3; m U0
percent refund if drained
by Sept. 10 and 60 pcrccail
by Sept. 17.
Nov. IB Is the last day to
withdraw from classes
Students should talk
with advisers about dtop
ping classes lormsaiudtie
in the Registrar's Office in
the Administration Build
ing Room 207
Officials urge safety as threat continues
SusjDecl banned from campus
Kara Turskey
Mi tjujtd for
( ampus olllcials aie asking
students to )iactice loiillue
salel) ineasuies in tesponsu
lo incidents involving a 21
)car old man ancstcd in Apnl
and chaigcd with indecent
cxposiue
W.i)iii' Bain. ud dean ol
( ampus I ife said students
should be awaic ol the siliia
linn without bciomingliight
ixd
I would waul students to
be awaic ol wbos aiouud
them but not leailul ma paia-
uoid w.i)' Barnaul told the
OfiiiiW st.ilf Iuesda)
A licspass Warning
Notification issued l Olficcr
1 ills 1 cima ol the i ampus
Public Salt iv Department
makes it illi gal loi Human Ito)
1 illv lo set loot on campus
I illv was dcsciihrd in n
Abilene Police Dcp.uliiuiit
document as a black male
feet 7 inches tall Hit) pounds
wiih black hair and blown
c)es 1 uitlier the API) listed
that I ill) has sears on his c)e-
biow and light c)e aiea sens
on his uppei right'aim and
diseoloicd left leg
1 ill) was ancsted and
issued the notice after he
allegedly eiiteicd (lie Blown
Iibiai) and exposed lumsell
to students lhe liespass
Warning Notification stales
N mi aie not to liespass on
pmpeilv or in a building
owned oi i null oiled b
bilcne ( hiisiian Univctsii)
at an) time'
lhe warning I ernia issues
states that 1 ill) m.i) not enter
ACU pioperty until the Chief
ol the Public Safe!)
Department oi an authorized
executive olficci ol the um
veisit) rescinds the notice
If 1 ill) comes onto campus
be can be anested loi erimi
mil liespass and could lace
piosccuiion eiimiual ires-
pass is i i lass li misdi mcanoi
punishable l a line ol not
nunc than S2.000 andor jail
tune no longci than IHOilavs
I ill) signed the notice April
23
However faeult) and stu-
dents on campus during the
summer have reported seeing
I ill) in the Hardin Admin-
istration Building and in the
librai) lei ma said none of
the sightings has been con-
tinued I ernia said I illy changes
his appearance often using
dillcient li.iirst)lcs. facial hair
and glasses
Aceouling lo members of
the campus Public Safety
Please see SUSPECT Page 12
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