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LIBRARY
ABILENE CHmsilAN UNIVERSITY
ABILENE" TEXAS
FRIDAY
October 8 2004
UPTIMIST
Vol. 93 No. 1 5
1 section 8 pages
www.acuoplimisl.com
Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
Abilene Christian University
Serving the ACU community since 1912
Winter wardrobe:
A winter clothing drive was I
organized to help the stu-
dents from Madagascar.
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Abilene's artistic attractions:
Students looking Tor art-related activities have a
variety to choose from in Abilene this month
with ArtWalk and the Poets Corner.
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Cats face winless Rams:
The football team will play
Angelo State at Shotwcll
Stadium on Saturday.
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Gary Gaines' road to ACU
winds through West Texas
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Mi'lt! WRIOR
Gar Games lives in .1 world few
will cer cxpcricnic His resume
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playoff appearances .mil even a
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the 10.11 h was
featured 111 a
best-selling
book lilllV
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and that por-
tion of his life
from 1988 will
also be shown
in the big-
scrcen ersion
of the book
T o d a
though Gaines
sits in his of-
fice reflecting
on Ins own life
As a loath.
Games moved from town 10 town
ecr few )cars with wife and two
young children
"lc been blessed so nuiili with
my wife Sharon and with my fam-
ily" Gaines said "1 his job it isn't
ahas fair to the kids
"I very loaih understands his
job is on the line " Games said
' Viuve either just been fired or fix-
ing to be hud "
The life ol a loaih brings dilfer-
ent destinations but thiough it all
Gaines said he alwavs trusted that
God would provide
Gar) Gaines was born in 1941) in
the small West Texas town of Crane
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Head football coach Gary Gaines will he portrayed in the film
"Friday Night Lights" which is being released this weekend.
Oil fields lucled the economy in
Crane but football fueled the life-
blood of the lommuml) Naturally
Gar Gaines pla)ed football
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'Nice guy' role was a relief
for Thornton in 'Lights'
By KYLE ROHARTS
ShB I Oil 1R
Among other lolis Hilly Hob
lliomtun lias pla)ed a r.uist prison
guard a inentall)
ihallenged murder-
er and a vulgar
drunken Santa
And now he's Gar)
Games
Acadcni) Award
winner Bill) Hob
1 li o r 11 t o 11
(MonMrix Bull
Sling Bliiilf. Bud
Sunlit) will appear
in sircens across
Ameriia in fililiii
iVigil 1 iglih as head
loaih of the ll88
Permian High
Sihool Panthers
also known as Gar)
Games The film is
based on the na-
tional bestseller
with the same title
written h) II G
Hissinger that
opens tins wiek-
end lor those who know G.11
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Billy Bob Thornton pla)s coach
Gary Gaines in the adaptation of
II. G. Bissinger's prize-winning
book "Friday Night Lights."
lor olf-siiem don 1 share the ihar-
aileristus of CL"s head football
iiuih rhornlon and his former
spouse Angelina Johe weie known
lor wearing eaih others blood sam-
ples aiounil their neiks and talking
openl) about then sex lives
"lies a good coaih lies loyal to
Ins players lies
dedicated depend-
able and reliable"
senior linebacker
Shawn Ta)lor said
of Gaines "He
wants the best for
Ins players "
Uvcn with his
diverse and risque
roles Thornton
found coach Games'
'nice gii)' character
a telicf as an actor
"I had a feel for
the kind of guy he-
was and acluall) as
an actor 1 liked it
belter that he's a
line gu) because
usuall) in sports
movies the coat li is
just intense 24
hours a day and
people don't act like
that lliornlon
"I m glad that the) didn't tell
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Some
choose
to quit
pledging
Number of those
depledging slightly
higher than last year
By EMILV CHASTAIN
SuniM KiroRiiR
To depledge or not to
dcpledgc that is the question
students are considering as the
month-long pledging period
continues for social clubs
Twenty-three students have
depledged this )car as of
Tlutrsil.iv night Clubs sent out
a total of 378 bids to potential
pledges said Mike Spell direc-
tor of ludnial alf.urs and advis-
er of social clubs in an c-111.nl
The term "depledging"
means that .111 individual lias
decided to no longer partici-
pate in 1 social club and does
not follow through with any
more of the pledge process
That student usuall) talks with
social club offuers about his or
her decision and is asked to
contact the Office of Jiu1ki.i1
Affairs .is well
Sir CLUBS im-7
Congress
votes not
to change
XO rules
Students can run for
executive office with
2.5 grade point average
By JONATHAN SMITH
IPIIORIX Clllll
The Students Association
voted down an amendment to
the b)laws that would have
increased the requited grade
point average fiom 2 5 to 3 0 to
run for an executive officer
position
flic amendment which
would have needed a two-
thuds vote fiom Congress fell
20-23 with two abstaining
Senators Case) Hmgliam soph-
oinoic poliinal sucnic major
from Conroe Hr.mdon Smith
freshman political science
major from Keller and Miss)
Mae Wallers senior politii.il
siieme major fiom Abilene
s SAckc 7
Committee selects ten queen nominees
Finalists chosen
from pool of 279
nominated last week
By JACI SCHNEIDER
OriMON I niton
Ten senior women were kid-
napped Wednesday night
taken to the Alumni Relations
Office and notified the) had
been nominated for Home-
coming Queen
Last week students nomi-
nated 279 women to the Court
and students will vote for one
of the top-10 nominees foi
Queen from Oct 13 to 15
The Queen's Activities
Committee of the Home-
coming Steering Committee
organized the kidnapping of
the 10 women said Hetsc)
Craig coordinator of Queen's
Activities for llomeiomiiig
"It's all kinds of fun and a
surprise" she said
1 he committee decorated
the alumni olfice and piep.ued
snaiks for the women alter the
kidnapping
Jenny I tillerlou senior
speech pathology major from
Garland said she was sur-
prised when the kidnappers
came to her Sigma Theta Chi
meeting
"leu people diessed in
black came knocking on nt)
door" she said "It was intimi-
dating hut it was funii) I was
really shoikcd hut I in leall)
exiited"
1 aei Hills senior exercise
science and special cduialion
major from Sherman and vice-
president of Ko Jo Kai also
said she was surprised at the
announcement
"1 had no idea hut it's such
an honor" Hills said "I just
think it's going to be teall) neat
to he part of the Homecoming
tradition It's something I'll
icuiember foiever"
1 he women w ill take part in
a Queen's Tea the 1'rida) of
Homecoming Week which
will include the Coming Home
Court queen nominees fiom
10 )cars ago Craig said
The nominees will he pic-
seined in Chapel on I rid.t) and
Saluid.i) of Homecoming and
rule in lonvertibles for the
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Excited Homecoming Queen nominees sit around a table and cele-
brate in the Alumni Relations Office after being brought together and
notified of their nomination Wednesday night.
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