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Sports
The men's basketball
team destroyed UT-
Permian Basin In Its
season opener Pagt 10
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Suggestions for
Improving the campus'
traffic safety Page 6
ABILENE CHRISTIAN
UNIVERSITY
WEDNESDAY
November 19 2003
Vol. 92 No. 25
1 section 8 pages
www.acuoptlmist.com
The Optimist
Scripture
added to
hall walls
Selected Bible verses
a Vay to reinforce
Christian message'
Daniel Carlson
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In addition to foosball
tables and big-screen TV
sets several residence halls
now feature select Bible vers-
es on the walls
Dr. Mimi Barnard direc-
tor of Residence Life
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MyACU forums closed
after profanity posted
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2 Peter 3:18 has been applied to Mabee Hall's lobby.
Education and Housing said
she was reminded of the idea
of putting Scriptures in resi-
dence hall lobbies after see-
ing several verses around the
campus of Bethel College
which she visited last spring
"I think it's a wonderful
way to reinforce the
Christian message of our cul-
ture" H.irn.ird said in an e-
mail Barnard said the crses
made of vinjl and applied to
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Temporary shutdown
will last until solution
found for future users
Jonathan Smith
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I he ntyACU forums have
been temporarily disabled
while the Web Intigration and
Programming Ieain consults
Willi the Campus lire orfice
about user misconduct
I he forums a new feature
added when ni)A(U was up
graded this summer were
shut down I riday and remain
closed at press time because
two users posted inappropri-
ate responses said Wayne
Barnard dean of Campus I ife
' One had to do with vulgar
profane and inappropriate
language'' Barnard said ' The
other situation had to do with
talking about another person
in an open forum rather than
appropriately having this con-
versation In private"
lames tangford director of
Web Integration and Pro-
gramming said the posts
occurred in a topic where stu-
dents were discussing who
was better at a computer
game He said the users were
reported to Barnard on Triday
and the forums were shut
down because there was no
way to individually handle the
problem
"The forums don't yet have
a fine-grained control for us to
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Day used
to pray for
oppressed
church
International Day of
Prayer for persecuted
believers conducted
Jamie Hunter
iluJinl Rcporhr
Many Christians around
the world do not have the
same freedom to worship as
those in America a situation
that has led to the establish-
ment of the International Day
of Prayer for the Persecuted
Church
The purpose of IDOP con-
ducted Nov 9 is to increase
awareness of lead prayers on
behalf of and "promote ongo-
ing appropriate action" for
the persecuted church ac-
cording to IDOP's Web site
www persecuteilchurch org
The World Evangelical Fel-
lowship and some 7000 org-
anizations and churches es-
tablished IDOP in 1996. To-
day its number is even larger
with members in Abilene
churches such as University
Church of Christ.
Dr Chris Willerton profes-
sor of English attends
University Church of Christ
and found out about IDOP
through an e-mail sent to
members of the congregation
After finding out about it he
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Inside today's
Optimist
The ACU Soccer Club will
open for tryouts at the
beginning of the spring
semester the team's
manager and coach said
Page 4
Why baseball Is still
America's pastime
VlewsWednesday Page 6.
Tht Widest footbsl team won Its
(on (hate against West Texas
A&M SportWdnMdayPac8.
Theatre Department
names cast for spring
The Department of
Theatre announced its cast
for its three shows in the
spring which include a din-
ner theatre and a black box
production See Page 3.
Getting in the swing of things
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The Swing Cats perform In Cullen
Auditorium Thursday as guests of the ACU
Jazz Ensembles.
Above are Chris Peck junior theatre major
from Albuquerque N.M. and Allison Organ
sophomore theatre major from Cypress.
At right are Ryan Komorowskl senior
composite interdisciplinary major from
Abilene and Kelly Sunderland
senior molecular biochemistry
major from Fort Worth.
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Class peddles
products for
grade charity
Business students learn value of mar-
keting in selling to community
Area Ward
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ACU-brand surgical scrubs and an ACU shot glass
with a biblical twist arc but a few of the products stu-
dents arc selling as part of the Venture Out Project an
assignment that gives Introduction to Business and
Technology students "real world" business experience.
The Venture Out Project Is an opportunity for busi-
ness students to learn about their field by creating one
of their own said Dr. Monty Lynn chair of the
Department of Management Sciences
"We try and make it as real as possible" Lynn said.
"The students learn accounting skills marketing
design and teamwork by participating in this project."
Students arc required to create a business conduct
market research select a product to sell and present a
loan request to a professional board of bankers for
money to pay for the products Lynn said the product
can be almost anything
"We've had a group sell ACU T-shirts that are a take-
off on the Master Card commercial toboggans socks
and even surgical scrubs with ACU on them" he said.
Students sold other creative items as well
"One team sold ACU shot glasses with Ephesians
5 18 on them" Lynn said "They say 'Don't get drunk
on wine but on the spirit.'"
While proceeds are sent to charities of the groups'
choice after loans have been repaid one group took a
different approach to the project by selling artisan
crafts from all over the world at a booth at Christmas
in November
"Our company got in touch with a non-profit com-
pany that sells products from struggling artisans from
places like Pakistan Bangladesh and India" said
Kristin Bolton freshman elementary education major
from Keller. "They sent us their products price lists
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How many Chapel
credits do you have?
So as to help our readers determine their Chapel
standing the Optimist has added to Its Campus 2Day
page a box recording the number of Chapels counted
for credit to this date and the number of Chapel credits
still available Pg 2.
'Go to Chapel with me Mom'
Students whose parents work for ACU discuss
the joys and trials of living right next door
Cameron Slack
Sluii nlRijvilcr
Larry Iscnhowcr sat pa-
tiently listening to his class-
mate complain
"My astronomy professor
is so boring He never says
anything useful."
Later when the student
realised Larry shared the
same last name with the so-
called boring professor Dr.
Donald Iscnhowcr Larry
watched as shock and embar-
rassment came over his class-
mate's face.
"That's right" Larry said
"Your astronomy professor is
my dad "
But Larry Isenhouer jun-
ior physics major from
Abilene doesnt let criticism
of father Donald Iscnlumcr
chair of the Department of
Physics get to him He said it
Is just part of being the child
of a faculty member
Children of faculty mem-
bers must face several chal-
lenges when they choose to
attend college where their
parents work At the same
time the faculty members
have their own parenting
issues to deal with as well
Mlnda Williams senior
music education major from
Abilene is the daughter of
Drs Vernon and Ka Williams
both ACU professors Miuda
said one ol
her biggest
frustrations is
the high ex-
pectations she feels arc
sometimes
placed on her
Professors
tend to al-
ready have
ideas about how students
should do academically or
how they should act based on
familiarity witli their parents
Mlnda said Because of her
parents' hardworking reputa-
tions Mlnda said professors
s
Isenhower
tend to expect more from her
than other students
Larry said he has the same
problem but tries not to tltink
about it He said he hopes
professors will judge him by
his own personality rather
than by their opinion of
larry's parents lortunately
preconceived notions profes-
sors have of them are usually
dispelled Mlnda and larry
said Ihey said professors
quickly get used to the stu-
dents' own unique personali-
ties or work habits
Reinventing an Identity
Many students go to col-
lege and can reinvent their
Identity making changes in
things such personalities and
old habits Minda said. They
also meet new people who
know nothing of their past.
Children of faculty members
or employees however do
not have this luxury
Mark Weathers senior art
and Christian ministry major
from Abilene said it was ini-
tially hard for him to establish
his own identity Mark's par-
ents are Dr. Steve and Dora
Weathers both ACU employ-
ees so some of the campus
community already knew
him
Mark also chose to live at
home his freshman year
which made it even harder to
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