The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 28, Ed. 1, Friday, December 7, 2001 Page: 2 of 10
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Community
. 2 Friday December 7 2001 Optimist
Friday
Open meeting with an applicant
for the dean of the First-Year
Program position Dr. Jeff
Amngton in the Faculty and Staff
Dining Room 1 1 45 a m
Book signing by Thorn Lemmons
for his new book Jabez A Novel
at the Abilene Educational Supply
1658 Campus Court 11 am-1
pm
SA conducts closed session to discuss
I6 personal' matters for first time this semester
Jessica Smith
Editor in Ch ef
The Students' Association
Congress conducted Its first closed
session of the semester at its
Wednesday meeting as freshman
president Jon Michael Davis
resigned his position
President Jason Mida said
SA's Constitution mandates a
closed session for "matters of
a personal nature " He exer-
cised this prerogative for
about the last five minutes of
the meeting dismissing
everyone but voting members
of Congress
Congress's Rules of Order
which governs the body's
actions along with the
Constitution and by-laws
says "discussions of a person-
al or sensitive nature require
all persons who are not mem-
trnmammfi
University Park (UP) has all the modern
conveniences and individual leases too!
UPper Classmen
only!
University Park residents are all
ACU upperclassmen.
Get wired UP!
We have direct connections to
ACU's computer system internet
with ethernet connections are
included in your own room.
Get UP later!
Sleep in a little later
the morning. You
walkvto class
because we are
on campus!
Calend
Eve
Graduate Student Association
Christmas party in the Shelton
Building 2000 Pine 6 30pm
8
Saturday
The women s basketball team
plays Northeastern State
University in Moody Coliseum 2
pm
The men basketball team plays
Northeastern State University in
bers of the Student Congress
to be dismissed from the
meeting "
The rest of the meeting
focused on semester-end
summaries and reports
including the Constituent
Relations Committee's Ji
report from 954 sur-
veys completed by ta
students about the '5H
possibility of cutting the -
sign language program ?
from the university s offer-
ings Kelly Watkins from the
Environmental Committee
announced a donation drive
for the Salvation Army on
campus monday Donations
of food clothes furniture and
recyclable materials will be
accepted by the bell outside
the Campus Center from 9
a m -4 p m
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Moody Coliseum 4pm
Sunday
Campus Life Christmas pictures in
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the Hilton Room 11 a m -4 p m
10
Monday
Dead day no day classes Evening
classes final exams
Anyone who donates in
this drive will receive a raffle
ticket for a DVD player SA
will draw a name from all
donors at the end of the day
Senior class president
Sarah Coldwell announced
k juniors and seniors can
k'k pick up free tickets to
k the opening night of
jl o' Ocean's 11 in the
W-' Campus Center after
; Chapel Fnday
Josh Tardy vice president
gave a summary of each exec-
utive committees actions for
the semester
He mentioned several that
got a slow start to the semes
ter but now were functioning
as they should some that had
done good work throughout
the semester and some that
had bigger plans for next
semester
The Optimist ma ma ns this calendar for the ACU
community to keep track of social academic and
service opportunities on campus and In Abilene
Groups may send announcements directly to optl
m stajmcacu edu or to the Community Editor ACU
Box 27892 Abilene TX 79699 To ensure that an
Item will appear In time the announcement should
be sent at least 10 days before the event The
Optimist reserves the right to ed t announcements for
space and timeliness
CAT meeting in the Living Room
5 6 30 p m
Final exam week begins
Announcements
The Center for Contemporary
Arts is offering adult art classes in
2002 Classes will be held every
other Saturday and will cost $20
per session To enroll or for more
information contact the Center
for Contemporary Arts at 677-
8389 Tardy said he "was not
extremely pleased with" the
Cultural Connections
Committee He said chair
Janelle Liggins had stepped
down from the position
Wednesday because of an
overloaded schedule "
He said the Social Club
Presidents' Council hoped to
be involved in some Sing
Song issues in the spring
semester
The Congress recognized a
committee chair and a com-
mittee member who will
graduate in December Becky
Homsher Spirit Committee
chair and Tracy Booker
International Justice Mission
Committee member
Mida also announced
three sophomores serving as
residential representatives
now will be studying abroad
Applications are now available
for Steering Committee
positions in nine different areas.
The application deadline for the
Steering Committee is January 12 2002
Final exam schedule
Class meeting
MWF classes
8am 10am noon Friday
9am 2 4pm Thursday
10 am lOa.m noon Tuesday
Noon Noon 2pm Wednesday
1 p m 8 10 a m Thursday
2pm Noon 2pm Friday
3pm 2 4pm Tuesday
4 p m 4 6pm Thursday
6pm 6 30 B 30 p m Monday
6 30 p m 630 830 p.m Mon
ay TR classes
8am 8 10 am Wednesday
All-section block examinations
Class Exam
ACAD 101 10 am noon Thursday
ACCT 210211 8 10 am Tuesday
CHEM 133134 10am noonThursday
COM5111 10am noonWednesday
ENGL 1 1 11 12 8 10 a m Tuesday
HIST 221222 4 6pm Wednesday
in Uruguay and Oxford next
semester but will continue to
act as liaisons to Congress
from these students
These residential represen-
tatives are Catherine Goode
Sikes Chris Shun Edwards
and Rachel McGuire
Morris
Correction
The Page 1 story in Fridays
Optimist about ACU s closing
for weather last wccklnadvcr
tcntly ended In the middle of a
sentence about one of three
closings in the school s history
The paragraph should have
read
The only other time was
after the Administration
Building on the original down
town campus burned down in
1929
2002 Passport and
Welcome Week
Steering Committee
time exam time
9 30 a m 8 10 a m Friday
Noon Noon 2pm Thursday
1 30 p m Noon 2pm Tuesday
3pm 2 4pm Wednesday
4 30 p m 4 6pm Tuesday
6 pm Tuesday 6 30 8 30 pm
Tuesday
6 30pm Tuesday 6 30 8 30
p m Tuesday
6pm Thursday 6 30 8 30 p m
Thursday
6 30 p m Thursday 630 830
p.m Thursday
Pres
Continued from Page 1
options You could debate all
day long but I think the bot-
tom line was he saw this is
what other people wanted "
Barnard dean of Campus
Life and adviser to the fresh-
man class and SA confirmed
the decision was not forced
and added that he had devel
oped a great respect" for
Davis
"I admire him a lot"
Barnard said "I'm very sup
portive of him and of his deci-
sion" With Davis gone the fresh
man class must pick another
president for which petitions
will likely be made next
semester Davis said he has
no reservations about how
the clAss will be led
' It fnakes me really confi
dent because the senators are
competent effective leaders"
he said 'I'm not worried
about the class at all "
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 28, Ed. 1, Friday, December 7, 2001, newspaper, December 7, 2001; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101746/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.