The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 54, Ed. 1, Friday, May 2, 2003 Page: 4 of 10
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Technology changes
planned this summer
MyACU to receive
biggest overhaul
along with Webmail
Loti Bukmiyii
Slu Writer
When faculty and students
return to school next fall they
can expect to see differences
in Webmail Blackboard and
myACU after a complete
upgrade this summer
The biggest changes will be
for myACU which will get a
new look and new features
Information Technology is
planning to have a campus-
wide calendaring s)stem a
new way to receive announce-
ments tailored to students
and a way to log in once to
myACU and also gain access
to Webmail Blackboard and
other services with a single
sign-in said George Saltsman
director of Lducational
Technolog
All students will have their
own personal calendar which
students will be able to cus-
tomize and choose events and
organizations to be included
on it lames Langford director
Probation
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Money about a future
absence policy this summer
If Money approves it the pol-
icy would then be enacted
next semester the third
Chapel attendance policy in
three years
"It's frus-
trating to us"
Barnard said
of his col-
leagues in
Campus Life
which also has
reorganized
L
Marler
each year for
several years In a row
We
m '-.-v lymKKr
of Web Integration and Pro-
gramming said at first groups
of friends and clubs will be
able to create calendars with
their important dates and
eventually teachers will be
able to put due dates and
other times on a calendar that
each of their students can
hac
Saltsman said he thinks the
calendar will be a useful
device for the campus
' We don't know quite how
the acceptance of that is going
to be" Saltsman said "but we
think that were going to get a
lot of faculty who will like that
because it's a much more effi-
cient way of communicating I
think it's going to be a veiy
productlv e tool for faculty and
staff"
He also said he hopes to
Inue a program that will allow
students to subscribe to only
the announcements they
want to receive
I he upgrade will consume
most of the summer and will
last until Welcome Week
Services will be down May 21-
25 and ltd) 7 and i) and
Blackboard will be down dur-
ing all Summer II courses
amnesty
"What c did thisycai was a alid cxnciiniciM became
wc'ic a iiniuisif) and c do epcnmintal things "
Charlie Mirltr Chapel task force chair and Journalism and
mass communication professor
want to be in a place where
the majority feels good about
it and not have to go through
so man) changes "
Many students had criti-
cized this ) ear's Chapel poli-
cy and Mark Lewis director
of spiritual life had called it
an "administrative night-
mare" Policy options for the
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Danielle Spcncc junior communication major from New
York and Amy Nelmcycr freshman math and computer sci-
ence major from Midland work on class projects Thursday in
the computer lab on the third floor of the Brown I ibrar)
granted I
future include the abilit) to
make up Chapel absences by
attending school-sponsored
forums and debates and
allowing a semester to
improve on poor attendance
What we did this year
was a valid experiment
because were a university
and we do experimental
things" Marler said
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budget cuts Scluilierl said
Other universities panic
ularl) public universities
havent faired so well
llw l)all miii the stu-
dent newspaper at the
University ol leas at Austin
reported on Mondav that the
universit) was sending "iOO
letters to eligible enipl(i)ces
about a voluutar) retlieuicni
incentive program About
350 Ul jobs lil.i lie cut the
article reported
Texas A&M s journalism
department ma) lose up to
40 percent of its funding
Ihmfybu Students!
Thanks to all the ACU students who have visited and
participated in activities throughout the year.
Best wishes for your summer. Come back soon!
from your friends at Christian Village; wwwmcu educva
Christian lify
o v
Time to bash
Trash Bash 2003
starts Dead Day at
noon until 8 p.m.
ItiiiCA Hamilton
SlallWillct
I he time has come again
for end-of-the-semester
cleaning Instead of throw-
ing it all away why not recy-
cle? Ir.ish Bash 2001 organ-
ized by the Service Action
leadership leant will kick
off Dead Day at noon and
last until I) p m in the intra-
mural field parking lot
All bottles cans paper
furniture clothes and any-
thing else not being used or
given away can be deposited
all week
Hie labeled bins will be
picked up May (I
lo additional sites will
be set up where students can
drop their trash
In addition to the one in
(lie intramural field parking
lot another bin will be set up
across from Gardner and
Sikes halls
A third bin will possihlv
be available at the Smith and
Adams halls said lara
financial aid secure
according to an article at
theniRle win which could
cause the department s elim-
ination Mail) public universities
th.it havent made cuts ul
are deliberating over when
and where to make them
1cas lech at lubhock is
investig itlng each of its pro-
grams to find expenses that
can lie cut without subtract-
ing from tile programs qual-
it) the Unlursii) Dnil)
reported
At AC U however concern
about state budget cuts is
surpassed l)j concern about
the overall state of a weak
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ABILENE
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Triday May 2 2003
Milder SAI I member and
sophomore biolog) major
from Seymour. I lice have
been the locations for bins in
the past
' People brought couches
chairs and large furniture
hut I'm not really sure how
much actuallv was collect-
ed" Studer said
Hie bins for the event will
he provided by Abilene s
Kecyeling I nvironmental
Center which has been
working on campus with
recvcling for some time
A lot of students discard
a lot of items when they are-
going awn for the summer
and a lot of It is reusable"
said Bill Brock recvele coor-
dinator for the Hccvcllng
I nvironmental Center
last ear about J00 stu-
dents attended the bash
kick off and Studer expects
a good turnout tills )car as
well
In comparison to last
vear no band will provide
the music and entertain-
ment (his vear
Instead Cajun Cones will
he given avva to the first 100
people bringing donations
to the iiitmnuir.il field bins
Mundav
econom) Schubert s lid
More than the elfects of
SJH0 000 less in the universi-
l) s budget the effects of a
weak eiotioni) are two fold
he said
1 irst Schubert said a
depressed econom) makes it
more dilflcult for families to
afford a college education
If the econom) takes a
downtown it begins affect-
ing families wealth and jobs
and has n potential impact
on enrollment which is a
bigger concern than the state
cuts weve been talking
about" he said
Village
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 54, Ed. 1, Friday, May 2, 2003, newspaper, May 2, 2003; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101827/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.