The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 55, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 2, 2012 Page: 1 of 8
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University Church of Christ enjoyed fellowship at their block party Sunday afternoon. Community members were invited to eat, get their faces painted and visit the petting zoo.
UNIVERSITY
Kinsmen raise funds through volleyball
Students filed into Moody
for Chapel Monday to find
the men of Gamma Sigma
Phi playing the last couple
of minutes of their 68-hour
volleyball tournament.
The Kinsmen conducted
the world record breaking
tournament to raise funds
for a family through Habi-
tat for Humanity. Starting
at 3pm Friday afternoon,
through 11:01am Monday
morning, GSP club mem-
bers along with any ACU
students and faculty were
invited to join in the volley-
ball games. Their financial
goal $20,000 by Monday.
Throughout the 68 hours,
GSP members took different
shifts between playing vol-
leyball games, cheering on
other students, and getting
about six hours of sleep over
the three days. After setting
up camp in one of the gyms
at the Rec Center, students
passed the time by watch-
ing movies, eating, drinking
coffee and making Face-
book videos.
Matt Sanderson, junior
marketing and finance
major from Lubbock, is the
Service Activities direc-
tor of GSP. He said that the
idea has been in the works
since last semester.
“GSP started working
with Habitat for Humanity
last fall, and that was also
when I was challenged to
dream big. A seed was em-
bedded in me and God came
into my heart. He said I want
you to do something big.
Where there’s big problems
or when things seem impos-
sible, that’s where the biggest
opportunities are. So I took
that, presented it to club and
the guys ran with it,” he said.
II A seed was embedded in
■■ me and God came into my
heart. He said,' I want
you to do something big.’”
MATT SANDERSON
JUNIOR MARKETING
MAJOR FROM LUBBOCK
Sanderson also said
that the clubs theme verse
of Matthew 20:28 was fuel-
ing this event.
“What I wanted to do is
use our verse as a driving
force for club as a whole and
for this fundraiser. It’s one of
the best feelings to do this,
and to see the student body,
not just GSP come together
for this was incredible. It’s
about all of us becoming
servants,” he said.
Steven Leggett, Execu-
tive Director of the Abilene
chapter of Habitat for Hu-
manity, came to Chapel
Monday morning to speak
on Habitat’s mission in
Abilene and to thank the
ACU community for their
efforts.
"The family receiving
the house will move into
it later this year. Its a great
construction project, and
I know the family is ex-
cited as we are. You guys
this weekend are just an-
other chapter in Habitat’s
story,” Leggett said. “We
are a community building
a house for someone who
deserves it, and I want to
thank you for your efforts
to the guys and gals who
participated by playing
volleyball. Habitat’s mis-
sion is to put God’s love into
action by uniting people to
build homes, communities
and hope. You guys have
CONTACT WILSON AT
HAW10A@ACU.EDU
SERVICE
Students crown Best, McNiece Mr. and Miss ACU
Connor Best, senior politi-
cal science major from Sac-
ramento, Calif., was select-
ed as Mr. ACU, and Kimmy
McNiece, senior art major
from Abilene, was selected
as Miss ACU.
“Itreallymeansalottome
to be chosen by my peers,”
Best said. “SA has been try-
ing to make this award a
meaningful tradition like
it has-been in the past, so
it means a
great deal
to me tb be
selected Mr.
ACU.”
Five men
and six
womenwere McNiece
announced
as finalists for this year’s
Mr. and Miss ACU award,
an award given to students
best exemplifying ACU as
decided by their peers.
The nominees were
announced last Monday,
when voting for Mr. and
Mrs. ACU
began. Vot-
ing was
opened until
April 18.
This year,
810 votes
were cast by
students to
elect one of these senior
candidates to receive the
annual honor.
Rebecca Dial, SA Pres-
ident-elect, said the can-
didates chosen are being
recognized not exclusively
for achievements, but their
character.
“The candidates are
qualified based on being
peer-nominated as the stu-
dents who best represent
ACU and who are well-
known across campus for
their outstanding scholar-
ship, character, service,
and leadership," Dial said.
Mr. and Miss ACU will
be honored at Commence-
ment, May 12.
CONTACT POWELL AT
GMP10B@ACU.EOll
2012 Honor Awards
Honor Man
Connor Best
Honor Woman
Emily Privett
Trustees Award
Amy Archer
Jeff Craig
Stephanie Frakes
Peter Hargrave
B. Sherrod Scholarship
Wade Casey
Erin Daugherty
Keri Gray
Carson Henley
Noemi Palomares
Dean Adams Achievement
Jessica Backfisch
Bethany Hunter
Camilia Robles
Anne Weaver
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 55, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 2, 2012, newspaper, May 2, 2012; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth896661/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.