The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 3, Ed. 1, Friday, September 4, 1987 Page: 2 of 8
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McCormick and Co.
deserve our support
The Students' Association has
quite a task on its hands. It must
keep 4000 students satisfied with an
SA budget that has suffered an
$11000 cut paying for a good
number of last year's activities.
But Blaine McCormick and Co.
aren't going to settle for satisfaction
or let their budget woes affect their
year.
We heartily applaud him and his
troop for their attitude and convic-
tion and we urge you to join the SA
in its efforts.
SA dues were raised to $10 last
year giving the SA more money
than it had ever had before. And last
year's officers managed to spend
more than they ever had spent be-
fore $11000 more than they
planned to spend.
McCormick said some reasons for
the overspending included SA
members doing their own thing
unauthorized people spending
money lack of planning failing to
monitor the bottom line and belieV
ing the idea that SA has all the
money in the world.
Why last year's SA members let
these fundamental ideas of money
management slip their minds is
unclear but McCormick pledges it
will not happen again.
He moved to quickly erase as
much of the debt as he could. He
Policy needs change
ACU has taken a new stand on
class attendance
The new attendance policy was
issued by Dr. C.G. Gray vice presi-
dent and dean of academic affairs
and says students who miss school
while representing the university
cannot be counted absent.
The absence is excused and won't
hurt students' grades.
We agree with the attendance pol-
icy but think the administration
should set a limit on the number of
Changes big small last week affect school
' All colas are Coke to me but ob-
viously the same isn't true for everyone.
I have never been able to drink soft
drinks because of an allergy to car-
bonated water. Therefore I have no idea
what the difference is between Coke
and Pepsi.
Judging from the outcry however a
huge difference exists and Coke ap-
pears to win the taste test at ACU. I
have met some students though who
are pleased to have Pepsi and even bet-
ter Dr Pepper on campus.
My ignorance of colas does not carry
over to candy however. I visit the can-
dy machines often and was disap-
pointed to discover the new vending
company had raised the candy prices
from 50 cents to 55 cents.
Although I wish the school had
chosen tp keep Key City Vending so
we would have a candy machine pn the
third floor of the Don H. Morris
Center we seem to have forgotten one
thing in the wake of colas changing
prices rising and machines not working.
We have forgotten the problems we
had with Key City Vending.
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Jonathan Witt
editorial pogo editor
Kenneth Pybus
sports editor
Lance Fleming
assistant sports editor
JanlsWotklns
(oatures writer
Donna Southerland
design director
Lynda Tumor
production staff
Mary Wiley
technical director
Paul Haynos
graphics
Cade White
photo editor
John Paul Brownlow
assistant photogrophor
Thomas Graham
senior staff writer
Dr. Charlie Marlor
advisor
the summer vacations and final examinations
canceled all subscriptions collected
money owed to the SA and collected
summer dues. He also intends to sell
an office-quality typewriter.
However he still came up
$10000 short.
The university floated the SA a
short-term loan to be paid back from
the fall dues. The SA now finds
itself in a tight spot: a budget of
$28000 a commitment not to spend
more than that and 4000 students
wondering "What is SA going to do
forme?"
But McCormick and Co. seem
ready for the challenge.
A fund-drive to bring top-quality
speakers to this campus will begin
next week as members of SA begin
soliciting contributions.
The movie lineup is planned for
the year and for the first time in
awhile is expected to pay for itself.
And the SA may even have some
surprises up its creative sleeves
beginning Friday night with ah all-
' school Bbach Bash.
McCormick said he isn't interest-
ed in SA events for every day but
quality events for everyone.
"Let's trim the class activities and
do a few things very goocLjind very
loud" he said in the Wednesday SA
meeting.
Imagine if we all pulled together
the kind of noise we could make.
times a student is allowed to miss.
Gray said students who miss
school for school purposes already
are penalized by missing the class
material and shouldn't receive an
additional penalty.
We agree. He also "said no limit
would be set on the number of times
a person can miss.
We disagree. A limit should be
set and that limit should be the
same for every teacher in every
department and in every college.
Remember the lost Coke money
returned only after leaving numerous
notes taped to the machine if then?
Remember empty machines and stuck
buttons that gave candy selections we
hadn't chosen.
Could be why the administration
made the change. Then again there
could be other reasons.
Speaking of horrible changes how
'bout those new parking stickers? This
year I just couldn't make myself buy
one.
The football-shaped sticker is not as
big as some make it sound. In fact it
only takes up slightly more room than
the old ones did but unfortunately
someone's idea for a great change turn-
ed sour.
The football-shaped stickers remind
most students of their high school days
and bear no resemblance to the profes-
sionalism we are encouraged to portray.
KiSpeaking of professionalism Dr.
Teague's speech about food fights al-
though many students took it nega-
tively carried a lot of weight.
Food fights are a rather immature
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letters to the editor
Clapping hurts
Chapel worship
To tho Editor:
The endless applause in Opening Day
Chapel Monday became as conditioned
as the salivation of Pavlov's dogs and
not enough time was left for focused
worship to God.
"Who'd we just clap for?" I asked the
fellow next to me after the 25th round
of clapping had just been completed.
"I don't know" he responded.
The conditioned nature of that clapp-
ing became painfully obvious when it
was contrasted with the spontaneous
and spirited ovation given to the band
and choir's performance of "Battle
Hymn of the Republic."
Not only did the cued applause
become hollow it crowded out time
that could have been spent for addi-
tional worship. The devotional we did
have was good but the worship was too
short to make the impact it could have.
Two songs a prayer and a scripture-
reading comprised the devotional yet
we applauded others for nearly an hour.
Dr. William J. Teague president of
the university pointed out that most
Chapel programs devote more time to
religious matters.
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high-schoolish thing to do and I find it
amazing to me that the same people
who complain about the high-schoolish
parking stickers will start food fights in
the Bean.
Dr. Teague was right. He told me
students of higher education are the on-
ly people in the world allowed to be
adults and children at the same time.
Perhaps we should decide which we
will be and then expect to be treated
thus all the time.
As for me I vote let's be adults.
Speaking of adults I am impressed
with a majority of the social club of-
ficers and their attitudes concerning the
new hazing law.
I personally have never gotten into
the hazing bit or Bid Night in general
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with receiving praise for our good
deeds. Why then should we concen-
trate more on thanking one another
than on thanking God during the most
important Chapel of the year?
"Chapel is improperly defined as
strictly a religious experience '' Teague
said.
Chapel is misdefincdi but perhaps the
religious aspect of it needs a greater
emphasis.
"Our guests who see that one
assembly a year are always impressed
by the time and intensity of the devo-
tional" he said.
I don't think giving less than 15
minutes for the devotional is im-
pressive. Of course I don't think public ap-
plause is always out of place during the
Chapel meeting but it should be spon-
taneous. Certain types of activities lend'
themselves to public applause mainly
public activities. These include activi-
ties like orchestral choral or athletic
performances. If applause for these ac-
complishments is kept to a small frac-
tion of the Chapel program I don't be-
lieve it has to compromise the devo-
tional's spirituality.
I also believe we should show appre-
ciation to people helping the university
in non-spectator activities. More often
than not though such thanks should
be expressed on a more personal level.
When teachers do a good job their
students should tell them. Husbands
should appreciate their wives and tell
but that is precisely why I decided not
to join a club.
I expected those who do enjoy club to
resist changing the long-standing tradi-
tions and to be unhappy with the new
law.
I was wrong. There is some
resistance but basically the social clubs
have gone into revising Bid Night with
an open mind and a positive attitude.
They are coming up with inventive
and positive activities to replace
the negative traditional activities.
Congratulations on making the best
of what could be a bad situation.
Speaking of situations we have had a
lot of situation change within the facul-
ty over the last few weeks.
First John Whitwell resigned for a
new position. I was in the Big Purple
my freshman year and I remember
John Whitwtll because he remembered
me. I am still amazed that he
remembered my name when I was a
lowly ncarly-last-chair saxophone
player in a nearly 200-piece band.
Whitwell is a great band director and
our loss is definitely Stephen F.
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That would be far more meaningful
than 4000 people capping on cue.
Jonathan Witt Junior
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Pepsi machine
angers teacher
To the Editor:
I read with interest your articles dealing
with the loss of Coca-Cola since Classic
Coke is my favorite drink. Then when I
saw the new machine near my
classroom in the basement of McKin-
zic I was thrilled to see that it at least
had Dr Pepper which is my next-to-favoritc
soft drink.
In with the two quarters punch the
Dr Pepper button and out comes a
Diet Pepsi? Now of all the drinks in the
entire world Diet Pepsi ranks at the
very bottom of my list. At that point I
noticed some notes taped to the
machine.
"If you press Pepsi a Dr Pepper
comes out. Please fix this machine."
"If you press . . ." etc.
I make a contribution to ACU every
year but I didn't intend to do it
through a drink machine.
Drop one Diet Pepsi in the trash.
Dr. M.L. Daniels
professor of music
Austin's gain.
Secondly LeMoine Lewis died. I
never new Lewis personally but I knew
him from his reputation. Everyone did.
There will never be anyone like him
again and being a sentimentalist I get
a lump in my throat when I think about
that fact.
But God has probably wanted Lewis
home for a long time now and if I blew
my chance to meet the man on earth I
certainly won't make that same mistake
in heaven.
To top things off Wally Bullington
announced his retirement as athletic
director.
Coach Bullington and I only met
once but that was enough to convince
me that he is a positive influence on the
Athletic Department.
He appeared to have an earnest desire
not only to have excellent athletic
teams but to have excellent athletes as
well in every aspect of their lives.
He is interested in the athlete's
spiritual life as well as physical life and
I along with many others am sad to
see him go.
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