The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, November 5, 2010 Page: 1 of 8
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Optimist
acuoptimist.com
Vol. 99, No. 22
Friday, November 5, 2010
1 section, 8 pages
REPUBLICAN
SWEEP
Election results present
no surprise for students
Tuesday’s election results came as
no surprise to most ACU students.
Many said they expected Gover-
nor Rick Perry to win the Texas
gubernatorial race and anticipated
the GOP’s return to power in the
U.S. House of Representatives.
Members of ACU’s College
Democrats gathered at the Taylor
Jeff Craig and Laura Gasvoda
County Democratic Party head-
quarters to watch election re-
sults. ACU’s Young Republicans
watched election results from a
classroom in the Hardin Admin-
istration Building, and other stu-
dents watched from home.
see REPUBLICANS page 4
TEXAS STATE
GOV
Rep. Rick Perry
69.49%
Lib. Kathie Glass
2.63%
Dem. Bill White
27.35%
TOTAL VOTES:
1,901
UNITED STATES
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Rep. Randy Neugebauer
75.58% - Lib. Richard
“Chip” Peterson
3.08%
'
TOTAL VOTES:
1,884
Dem. Andy Wilson
21.34%
STRAIGHT-PARTY VOTES: each person represents about 100 people. Republicans: 853; 80.01% | Democrats: 198; 18.57% | Ubertarian: 10; .44% | TOTAL: 1,066
Data from precincts 402 and 403, which vote at University Church of Christ and Hiilcrest Church of Christ.
FACULTY
Professor integrates faith, business
Jeff Craig
Managing Editor
Dr. Monty Lynn was honored at a
national conference in Florida last
month for his work in integrating
personal faith and business.
Lynn, associate dean of the College
of Business Administration and profes-
sor of management sciences, received
the Johnson Award from the Christian
Business Faculty Administration.
The award, given only once each
year, generally goes to a member of
CBFA, a nationwide organization
with more than 400 members.
“It’s very humbling to receive it,
and in large part it’s because so many
folks have been helpful research part-
ners,” Lynn said. “This is an award
shared with many - colleagues at
COBA and in other institutions.”
Lynn said he was humbled by the
recognition and attributed his ability
to conduct scholarly works to the uni-
DANIEL GOMEZ // Chief Photographer
Dr. Monty sits in front of a bookshelf in his office on Nov. 2. Dr. Lynn recently received
the Johnson Award from the Christian Business Faculty Association.
versity’s encouragement of research.
"Many years ago, COBA faculty
were enabled to have a one-course
reduction in their teaching load
to do research,” Lynn said. “Now,
campus-wide, thanks to academic
leadership, research is a component
in tenure for all. COBA in particular
has been supportive of research as
long as I’ve been here.”
see LYNN page 4
STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION
SA to fund buses
to football game
Linda Bailey
Editor In Chief
Students’ Association
Congress unanimously
approved a bill during
Wednesday’s meeting to
help fund a charter bus
to transport students to
Saturday’s football game
in Canyon.
Sikes Representa-
tive Rebecca Dial, junior
political science major
from Lexington, S.C., and
Administration Building
Representative Keri Gray,
junior political science
major from Longview,
presented the bill to al-
locate $1,000 toward the
bus. Dial said the Presi-
dent’s Office, the Athletic
Department, Marketing
and Student Life will also
help fund the trip. SA’s
portion of the funding
will come from the Con-
gressional Project Fund.
Students interested in
riding the bus can sign up
from 1-5 p.m. Friday in
the SA office with a stu-
dent ID for $5. The names
will go into a lottery sys-
tem, and 50 students will
be randomly selected and
notified by 6 p.m. All stu-
dents not selected will be
reimbursed Monday.
SA Treasurer Chris
Shim, senior finance
major from Atlanta, Ga.,
said he anticipates many
see MOTION page 4
FUTURE STUDENTS
Admission changes could reduce total applications
Linda Bailey
Editor in Chief
The Offices of Admissions
and Enrollment expect
changes to ACU’s admis-
sions process to decrease
the total number of appli-
cants - but those who do
apply will be more serious
about attending ACU.
Buck James, chief enroll-
ment officer, said beginning
this year ACU will not wave
the application fee and has
significantly expanded the
application to provide a bet-
ter picture of each student.
“Both of those things to-
gether are kind of going to
weed out the people who
are kind of casual shoppers
and get people who are re-
ally serious,” James said.
“We knew in doing that,
that we would have slightly
less applications, but the
ones we would get would
be more serious and prob-
ably a better fit for ACU.”
The extended applica-
tion will go beyond looking
only at CPAs and standard-
ized test scores. James said
the new application will
look at the full picture of the
student and show how he or
she might fit into ACU.
The official number of
early applicants has not yet
been determined, but Mark
Lavender, director of admis-
sions, said overall applica-
tions are down by a couple
hundred compared to this
time last year. However, he
said the office has seen a
much higher percentage of
students who are completing
their applications, suggest-
ing the changes have been
successful in creating a more
serious applicant pool.
Enrollment Management
made the switch in 2009 from
a rolling deadline system to
set deadlines. In the past,
prospective students could
see EARLY page 4
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news arts
Dr. David M. Vanderpool and A weekend international
his wife Laurie Vanderpool film festival will show
send a group to Hard to at Abilene's historic
provide medical service and Paramount Theatre this
spiritual guidance. weekend.
page 3 page 7
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The Abilene community
and ACU students
watched the election
results on Tuesday night.
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, November 5, 2010, newspaper, November 5, 2010; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth896719/m1/1/?q=%22Education+-+Colleges+and+Universities+-+Abilene+Christian+University%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.