The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 46, Ed. 1, Wednesday, April 4, 2007 Page: 4 of 8
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I Two students merge devotionals to create the Call
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Stvdcnt Reporter
The Call an on-canlpus
devotional group meets
every Wednesday at 7 p.m.
In the Hilton Room for a
traditional worship ser-
vice followed by a Thurs-
day night discussion group
at 9:30 p.m. in the Bible
Building Room 250.
The Call was started
by Alex Gutierrez Junior
business management
and marketing major
from San Antonio during
the fall 2006 semester.
It began with about 13
people meeting regular
ly. The numbers grew to
about 25 towards the end
of the semester.
Group leader Zach Rob-
inson Junior marketing
and finance major from
Poplar Bluff Mo. led the
College Drive devotional
before Joining Gutierrez.
The two decided at the
beginning of the spring
semester to bring the two
groups together.
Gutierrez said he origi-
nally wanted to start the
Call for students here at
ACU that feel alone and
want to share their strug-
gles with other Christians
dealing with similar col-
legejssues. "The purpose of the Call
for me would be to bring
together kids from all ends
of the spectrum and have
them come and worship''
Robinson said.
Gutierrez said he
and Robinson felt God
brought them together be-
cause their goals for their
groups were similar and
God was blessing both of
their ministries so it was
a good idea to bring them
together.
"God deserves all the
credit here not me" Guti-
errez said
The Wednesday night
service typically runs from
about 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
At the beginning everyone
greets each other for a few
moments then Jump into
worship with a few songs
a message prayer and con-
tinue worship in song. The
Thursday night devotional
is more of a discussion
group 'worship service
where the focus is Issues
that college students face
everyday.
"I typically throw a
topic into the mix and ev-
eryone chimes in as they
wish with thoughts . on
the issue" Gutierrez said.
"Sometimes the discussion
becomes very personal and
Intimate with people shar-
ing their secret sins that
they arc not proud of but
want to talk about."
Gutierrez said the Face-
book group Robinson and
he started for the Call has
brought more attention
to their group and helped
them reach out to more.
The Facebook group al-
lows people to send out
mass messages to plan so-
cial events for the group
t
and friends outside of the
worship time.
"I want the Call to be
more than Just a devo
group" Gutierrez said. "I
want it to be about build-
ing friendships with other
Christians as well."
Amy Tonlck Junior el-
ementary education major
from McAllen said "I have
been to the College Drive
devo and the Call since the
changes have been made
and I enjoy the fact that
it's all young Christians
that want to be worship-
ping on a Wednesday night
together like it should be
at a Christian University."
Gutierrez said to sum up
what he wants to see the
Call accomplish he turns
to 2 Chronicles 7:14 "If
my people who are called
by my name will humble
themselves and pray and
eek my face; and turn
from their jacked ways
then will t hf ar from heav-
en and forgive their sin
and will ha jtfefc land."
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rez.aaid he .wtatsjo get
Inspiration (6'Hlp-.tfie Call
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to see the Call become
ACU's main Wednesday
night worship service"
Robinson said. "Not many
people go to church on
Wednesdays and we hope
to see this develop into a
worship service everyone
can attend."
$15 on-campus date wins prize
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. Student Reporter
'I' A collegiate twist on a
classic date made Matthew
"Dowell freshman manage--ment
major from Leon Val-
ley the Creative Date Con-
'test winner.
Announced Friday Dow-
ell's Subway Contact and
paper plane evening was
the kind of night the coor
dinator of the Peer Health
Education Program Cara
'Flanders said was "differ-
;entfronrtherest." Flanders
said "This date popped
out. It stretched beyond
the McDonald's and Chick-
fil-A ideas."
Dowell proposed a can-
dlelit Subway dinner fol-
lowed by the movie Con-
tact in Walling Lecture Hall.
Dowell also suggested in
his entry "For concessions
we could buy candy bars
pilfer the professors' sodas
from the third floor walk-in-sclence-refrigerator."
Dowell said "We were on a
budget and the professors
won't miss them."
And to finish the date
going to Foster's roof to
stargaze and practice paper
aviation which Flanders said
added a "youthful touch."
"I'm a sucker for being
romantic." Dowell said in
an e-mail. "I'm the kind
of guy that is crazy about
Valentine's Day; it has got
to be one of my fav6rite
holidays."
Dowell also said "creativ
ity and being spontaneous
is important to the person
you take out. Guys don't
really care."
For the type of girl he
would like to take out Dow-
ell said "that verse in I Peter
about how a wife should
clothe herself - that's my
favorite verse about the op-
posite sex. If a girl is a kind
sweet and you can tell she's
a loving person - that's all
I'm really interested in."
Keeping within the
bounds of costing less than
$15 and shorter than 100
words Matthew Dowell was
selected to have the best
dating ideas. And now ACU
students will know why if
they find paper airplanes
on the ground around Fos-
ter Science Building.
Tooting his horn
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on Monday night in Cullpn Auditorium.
Juniors meet learn rules to graduate
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Student Reporter
Designed to reach ju-
niors graduating in 2008 a
Junior Meeting took place
Tuesday in Hart Auditori-
um to inform and help stu-
dents through the gradua-
tion process.
This is the second year
of the Junior Meeting and
was open to all May Au-
gust and December 2008
graduates.
The meeting included
a short devotional 20-30
minutes of an informative
presentation and a ques-
tion and answer session.
The meeting primarily
showed students how to
run a degree evaluation on-
line. According to the ACU
Web site a degree evalua-
tion can be used to track
process toward gradua-
tion see how courses have
counted and which classes
arc still needed to take in
order to meet the degree
requirements.
Bart Herridge associ-
ate registrar said it is im-
portant for students to
review the degree evalua-
tion in order to make sure
there are not any surprises
when the student is ready
to graduate.
"You don't leave your-
self a margin of error"
Herridge said. "That is why
looking at the degree evalu-
ation plan in junior year is
getting the big picture."
Another aspect Her-
ridge stressed is the im-
portance of a student's
relationship with their
adviser. Meeting with the
adviser is significant in
order to make sure the
school has all transcripts
and deadlines are met.
"Being that junior year
is a critical time for the
junior-adviser relation-
ship we hope that after
this the students will end
up at the adviser's door"
Herridge said.
Many juniors are now
realizing the importance
of things such as vari-
ous deadlines and adviser
meetings.
Alex Miles nutrition
major from Scottsdale
Ariz. attended the meet-
ing to ensure she is meet-
ing all requirements and
deadlines before graduat-
ing in May 2008.
"I would hate to be the
student that is ready to
graduate and comes to
find out her last semes-
ter she is missing a class"
Miles said.
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