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ABILENE CHR!"'N'JMiyCRSITYj
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WEDNESDAY
October 20 2004'
UPTIMIST
Vol. 93 No. 18
1 section 8 pages
www.acuoptimist.com
DqmtHient of Journalism and Mass Communication
Abilene Christian University
Serving the ACU community since 1912
Cats wii dote call:
The football team held off
West Texas A&Mls late "
rally to win 27-24.
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Gutenberg Dinner initiates Homecoming:
Three alumni of the Journalism and.Mass
Communication Department will be honored at
Thursday's Gutenberg Dinner.
Page 3
Partisan politics:
The College Republicans
and College Democrats pre-
pare for election activities
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Hall construction on schedule
Workers prepare site
by moving utility poles
before building begins
By JACI SCHNEIDER
OriMHN Dmior
Plans arc slill up in the air
about whether the new resi-
dence hall across from the
Brown Library parkin); lot will
be built this car
"We're still working on the
budget tr)ing to see if we can
get the cost in line" said Jack
Rich executive vice president.
' We're w orking hard to sec if w c
can get in within the budget "
Rich said that changes in
the price of materials from
when the project was estimated
hac thrown off the budget
which was originally set at So
million
"1 think it's off by about half
a million dollars" he said
"You nccr know what the
price will be until ou get a bit
into it "
The contractor. Hill and
Wilkinson General Contract-
ors will bid on sheet rock
wood and electric and mechan-
ical supplies Rich said
Currently the contractors arc
doing "aluc engineering"
evaluating individual pieces of
the project to sec where costs
can lie reduced
Rich said some work is
already being done and if con
struction begins soon the hall
should still be finished by its
original August finish date.
"In essence we're doing a
lot of work" Rich said "So
we're still on schedule."
Students may hac noticed
parts of the parking lot where
the halt will be built were
roped off last week. Kevin
Watson associate vice presi-
dent for Administrative
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proposed residence hall across Campus Court from Brown Library.
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Carol Turner daughter of Dr. Charles Trcvathan shares some of her memories of her father at his funeral Saturday in Moody Coliseum. Eight of his friends and family
spoke about Trcvathan who died of an apparent heart attack Oct. 12 In the Office of Sociology and Social Work.
"Evciy time we associate these special places foods images sounds and texts with Chatles his well-lived life
will msh thiough out thoughts out values our habits out aspirations ... and we will be the better for it."
Douglas Brown longtime friend of the family
runcr.il services for Dr Charles Trcvathan 68
instructor of sociology and social work and associ-
ate general counsel for the university were
Saturday in Moody Coliseum
Eight of Trcvalhan's friends and familv told of
their memories and several of his favorite hvmns
were sung by a crowd thai also included many stu
dents and facult) members
Trcvathan passed awav Oct 12 after suffering an
apparent heart attack in the Office of Sociology and
Social Work
He came to ACU in 1987 to serve as associate
general counsel after practicing trial law for 2o
)cars He became vice president of Campus Life in
1991 holding that position until beginning to
teach full time in 1997.
He is survived bv his wife Phvllis three daugh-
ters Julie Bowie Carol Turner and husband Russ
and Karen Trcvathan Gunn and husband Tim and
four grandchildren Aulan Bowie Jackson Turner
Elora Kate and William Gunn
"What the woild would chew up and spit out Chailes would simply go over and pick up. He looked at them much as
a potter would look at his clay. He saw that with a little woik time and guidance they could be something beautiful"
Tanya Crockett nurse in Indianapolis who once lived with the Trevathan family
Families
contact
those in
military
Students faculty
remember those
fighting in war effort
By MQ SCHNEIDER
Onsuis Editor
With American troops fight-
ing in Iraq for more than 80
weeks few people on campus
arc unaffected. Most people
know someone overseas or
know someone who knows
someone.
Monica Smith junior jour-
nalism major from Port Worth
had the joy last week of spend-
ing time with her father who is
on leave for two weeks from
just outside of Baghdad.
"I'm going home as much as
possible to see him" she said
"I'm excited "
Her dad will return to Iraq
Saturday after spending Priday
night in Abilene watching
Monica Smith perform in
JamFcst. He is scheduled to
remain in Iraq until April
Annalcc Bivins senior
English major from Pcarland
said it took a while for her to
get used to her boyfriend being
overseas
"The first couple of months
were pretty bad because I was
rcall) uptight and scared" she
said. "He's been gone for four
months now so its just kind of
a part of life."
Her bo friend David
Michclctti is on board U S S
JFK in the Persian Gulf. The
ship is patrolling the oil lines to
make sure there aren't any ter-
rorist attacks Bivins said.
"He has e-mail and 1 write
him letters every day" Bivins
said. "But they only go into
port once a month "
"He can't even tell me when
lies coming into port" she
said "He can't really tell me a
SifWARpujiff
Caedmon's Call
to play Thursday
Tickets can be bought
for $15 for concert
at Beltway Park Baptist
By APRIL WARD
Pagc 2 nil im
Caedmon's Call w ill perform
at Beltway Park Baptist Church
on Thursday with songs from
its new CD Shaie the Well.
Hosted by Christian radio
station KGNZ the concert will
begin at 7 p tn and will feature
a variety of contemporary
Christian songs.
"The group has a rcall) large
college following" KGNZ con-
cert and promotions director
Doug Harris said "The) have a
contemporary folk sounding
Christian music stvlc and it's a
new lour "
Tickets are being sold at
various locations including the
Bible Book Store Tainily
Christian Store and Beltway
Park. General admission tick-
ets cost $15 but specialty tick-
ets are being sold as well.
"Artist circle tickets arc
sir CONCERT l'.wf
Catdmon's Call
tickat locations
Tickets for Thursday's Caed-
mon's Call concert at Beltway
Park Baptist Church can be
purchased for $16 at the fol-
lowing locations:
The Bible Book Store
Family Christian Store
Beltway Park Baptist Church
Student may also pay $20
and receive a ticket for the
show as well at a ticket to
'tee Jeremy Camp In concert
at Beltway next week. Tickets
closer to the stag may also
bepurchaedfor$20
Campaign leaders chosen
More than 70 selected
to lead mission trips
during spring break
By MALLORY SHERWOOD
SMII VtKIIIK
Mclanic Morrison remem-
bers the first homeless person
she met in Chicago while on a
Spring Break Campaign
The experience changed
her life in 2002 and she has
been returning ever since as
both a campaigner and a
Spring Break Campaign
leader.
"I watched God working in
the lives of not only the home-
less and the people on the
campaign with me but in my
own life as well" said
Morrison second-time SBC
leader and senior elementary
education major from
Houston
Morrison is one of more
than 70 Spring Break Cam-
paign leaders traveling to 33
locations to lead over 500 peo-
ple on short-term mission
trips around the world during
spring break.
Jessica Masters SBC adver-
tising and public relations
manager and junior English
major from Tallahassee I la
said that an) thing is possible
on a Spring Break Campaign
"It is really a short-term
mission trip" Masters said.
"Students go to a bunch of dif-
ferent locations and do every-
thing from hard labor to hold-
ing vacation Bible schools to
knocking on doors and work-
ing at food banks "
On Nov. 4 students inter-
ested in participating in a
campaign can choose where
they want to go through a lot-
tery to places such as Mexico
City Atlanta El Salvador
Colorado Maine Chicago
California and Scotland
Next week brochures with
each campaign's location cost
which could range from $250-
$1300 and what work will be
done during the week will be
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