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ACU Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
Wednesday April 27 1994
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By Phillip Shields
: Student Reporter
ACU is entering the 21st century with
more preparations and donations for
constructing state-of-the-art facilities.
F ACU received a $1.5 million grant to
construct a new wing for the Brown Library
from the J.E. and L.E. Mabcc Foundation
The new wing will increase the floor
space of the library by almost 21500
square feet.
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and one floor for a facility that will be
accessible and bcncnficlal to students and
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" By Melissa Stalilngs
Opinion Page Editor
In seeming contradiction with its surroundings
a simulated African village is being construct
ed at Allen Farm on Interstate 20 by the mem
bers of African Mission Fellowship professors
and former missionaries.
Todd Thomas senior missions major from
Midlothian has worked on the village which
now consists of one hut and a meeting place.
"Building the village is a chance to introduce
ivjhc lifestyle and culture of Africa to students
Jywho may end up living there someday" he
r said.
! Cindy Chowning secretory to Richard
.Chowning missionary-ln-rcsidencc and spon
sor or the African Mission rcllowship. sqlo
building the hut was more difficult than they
expected.
The ground is so hard she said.
Workers dug holes for poles which were
uilt for the frame of the hut. Mud was placed
ithin the poles under a grass roof
Thomas said "Africa is a diverse continent.
Obviously we cannot build their skyscrapers
hut most students whn travel In Africa will
travel to rural areas. We can't recreate Africa in
ADiicnc out we can sec wnai n lecis nice io dc
there."
African Mission Fellowship is a student-run
organization for students interested in African
tilmissions Richard Chowning said.
m He also said approximately 60 students regu-
wflarly attend the group's meetings. lie said most
fare undergraduates wno are not missions
majors but are interested in becoming mission-
aries to Africa.
The group works in other areas as well.
Approximately 14 students will travel to Africa
f Gftthis summer to pertorm uuicrent jods. some
jfjtudents will survey three areas of Tanzania
;and others will conduct research in tour African
countries including Ghana.
Thomas is going on the survey trip to Tanza-
nia to locate a place for permanent work when
ibe graduates he said.
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Children. At each meeting the members of the
fellowship collect $24 per child which they
send monthly to a girl in Rwanda and a boy in
Uganda.
Sullivan said the children are sponsored
through Compassion International a Christian
&Wrelief agency
V X "We'll snnil ihem letters nnd then if it is
ever possible for missionaries in Africa to visit
them they will'' she said. "We'll send them
presents on special occasions."
Chowning said they will continue these pro-
iecu nd start new ones next year. "Our goal is
to continue to challenge people to become
short- or long-term workers in Africa" he said.
Sullivan said "We re always looking for new
ways to make people more aware of missions.
It is God's work."
will offer students and faculty new tech-
nologies such as an interactive classroom
an electronic production center for audio
and video presentations and a center
designed to train professors to teach in the
21st century.
The interactive classroom will offer stu-
dents direct computer access from each
desk instantaneous responses and feedback
between teachers and students and oppor-
tunities to keep professors "up to speed on
technology" said Dr. Roycc Money presi-
dent of the university.
'Technological advancement is definitely
on the increase at ACU" Money said. "The
challenge is how to be cost efficient."
A challenge grant was issued by the
Mabcc Foundation a year ago.
A proposal involving $12 million was
submitted to the Mabcc Foundation Money
said. To receive the $1.5 million grant
ACU had to raise $10.5 million before the
set deadline The Mabcc Foundation award-
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'The library is the heart of
any university and I
cannot think of a more
appropriate place to use
this gift
Dr. Dwain Hart
cd 20 cents for every $1 that ACU raised
Money said.
"All of the $12 million goes directly to
benefit the students of ACU" Money said.
"The $1.5 million will go toward die con-
struction of the new library wing."
Dr. Dwain Hart vice president for aca-
demic affairs said "The library is the heart
of any university and I cannot think of a
more appropriate place to use this gift."
The Mabec Foundation only awards
money for capital funds for projects such as
buildings.
ACU already had some construction in
progress that counted towards the challenge
grant. Money said approximately $6 million
in cash had to be raised in order to meet the
goal.
The $6 million in cash came entirely
from gifts to ACU he said.
"We arc deeply grateful to the Mabcc
Foundation for this generous challenge that
was given to us a year ago" Money said.
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Piercing fame
Cory Piorco of the Dallas band Jackopiorce signs the shirt of Jennifer Yates freshman psychology major
from Marble Falls after the group's concert Thursday. Approximately 400 people attended the concert
Which was tho group's second performance at ACU.
Jackopierce
Two-man Dallas band entertains ACU crowd
By Melissa Stalilngs
Opinion Pago Editor
Approximately 400 people attended
the Jackopierce concert Thursday
night in the campus mall area almost
double of last year's turnout.
Freshmen Chad Martin undecided
major from Argylc and Andy Little
youth and family ministry major from
Abilene opened for the band with
orginal and cover songs. Jackopierce
performed a wide range of music
including songs by the Eagles and songs
from their new album.
David Scott senior youth and family
ministry major from Temple and co-
chairman of the Students' Association
Major Entertainment Committee said
"We were shooting for this many people
to show up. A lot of the people who
came were hearing Jackopierce for the
first time and they seemed to really
identify with the music and enjoy it."
Scott said the SA sold approximately
300 tickets. Many people also walked
into the concert free because it was easi-
ly accessible.
"Wc planned it that way" he said.
"We didn't want it to be restrictive."
Joel Scott sophomore youth and fam-
ily ministry major from Delton said
'It 's not that their
quality of music or
sound has changed
but their style and
demeanor have
changed
Kim Pair
"I'd never heard Jackopierce in concert
before. One of the guys looked like
Ronald McDonald with a blond wig but
I like that they are a two-man band. Not
many two-man bands are successful."
Ronda Barloon sophomore biology
major from Delton said "I really
enjoyed the concert. They sounded like
a mix of REM and U2."
Kim Pair junior marketing major
from Derby Kan. said she noticed dif-
ferences in the band since its concert at
ACU last year. "Success has changed
them" Pair said. "It's not that their qual-
ity of music or sound has changed but
their style and demeanor have changed."
The Students' Association paid
$5000 for Jackopierce to perform. "For
the amount of people who came and the
type of music that was played we got
quite a deal" he said. "Jackopierce just
signed a contract with A&M Records.
They are a major label group now."
Scott said smaller concerts arc more
profitable than the larger concerts ACU
has conducted in the past. "Big concerts
arc great. But your money's gone and
you only got to hear one type of music"
he said. "We want to try to hit every-
one's taste."
Barloon said she especially enjoyed
having a smaller concert outside. "It was
a real Woodstocky feeling" she said.
"We also appreciate the thousands of
friends who have enabled us to achieve our
goal" he said.
The foundation has helped many colleges
in the past such as Hardin-Simmons Uni-
versity Howard Payne University and
McMurry University.
The foundation is required by law to
award 5 percent of its earnings from its
endowment to non-profit organizations-
every year.
"This project is not just bricks and mor-
tar" Money said. "We've been overcrowd-
ed at the library for years and wc needdd
this expansion badly."
The Mabcc Foundation in recent years
also awarded grants for Crutchcr Scott
Field and for the Moody Coliseum renova-
tion project.
Henry VIII wives-
to take stage
in weekend play :
By Sybil Johnson
Student Reporter
free student-directed play called
"Royal Gambit" will be performed 8
p.m. Thursday through Saturday at the fire"
station on the corner of Avenue D and East
North 19th Street. "Royal Gambit" is about
Henry the Eighth king of England during
the 16th century and his six wives.
The play is directed by Charici ConatSer
senior theatre and broadcast journalism
major from Mission.
"I feel this is a good piece as a vehicle
for myself in directing experience and also
for the women and the one man who were
cast in the show" she said. "It has a lot of
themes that 1 realjy feel strongly about.'1 -
Conatser chose Genesis 3:16 which says
"Your desire will be for your husband and
he will consume you" as the main theme of
the show. "That's really what drives this
play and all the wives in the play" she said.
Kng Henry VIII defied the pope and
divorced his first wife Katarina of Aragon
because she could not bear him a son and
continued to remarry until he found one
Jane Seymour who could.
"His need for an heir dominated every-
thing he lived for" said Melissa White
junior theatre major from Richardson who
plays Katarina of Aragon.
With a king changing the rules to suit
himself and his family Conatser said the
play lends itself to feminist themes.
"What a great character for a man to be
able to play" she said. "It pokes fun at him
so much. He was such a hypocrite."
White said "It's almost like a farce on
men."
Part of the farce almost included having
Henry's costumes regress from the Renais-
sance period to the prehistoric era but
because his character did not change that
plan was abandoned Conatser said.
White said Henry stays himself though
the women progress. '
Jcni Fabian junior theatre and English
major from Albuquerque N.M. and cos-
tume designer of the show decided with
Conatser to progress the six wives from
Renaissance to modern clothing.
Toran McGill senior theatre and adver-
tising major from Redwood City Calif.
plays Anna of Cleaves Henry's fourth
wife. "The play shows that women haye
come a long way and that people still have
a long way to go" she said.
According to Conatser the show conveys
the message that happiness does not lie' in
power as seen through Henry's life and
death of discontent.
Audiences also should leave she said
with "a full understanding of the distance
women have traveled through time and the
foolishness of humanity."
Changes in loan rule: affects more than 2000 ACU students
Bv Eileen Tan
? JwnrlH Puna Editor
iTTlic U.S. Department of Education
1 1 recently introduced a new rule govern-
W federal student financial aid that will
fallow students to obtain greater amounts of
Sfedcral loans for which they are eligible
leach academic year
I The new rule attects (tie atutiora Loan
(the largest student loan program in the
lUnited States said James Cole financial
aid adviser adding that this loan affects
! more than 2000 ACU students.
The school was not fied in April of this
change which must be implemented by
uly 1 Cole said.
He said the new rule replaced the seven-
r month rule which only allowed students to
receive a Stafford Loan once every seven
months. The old rule created a problem for
students who needed loans during the sum-
mer he said.
"Students who receive a Stafford Loan
during the summer and then needed to get
another Stafford Loan fpr August during
the fallspring term would have a problem
because the seven-month rule stated that
they could only get a Stafford Loan once
every seven months" Cole said. "So if they
got one in June ... they couldn't get anoth-
er until January."
He said if students did not borrow the full
amount of money they were eligible for
during summer they could borrow the
remaining amount during fall.
The new rule however allows students
to obtain a Stafford Loan every academic
year which includes summer semesters.
Students who receive the full amount of
money during summer semesters will be
able to receive another maximum-amount
loan for the next fall semester.
The loan maximums for students depen-
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'... Under the
seven-month rule ...
we were hindered in our
efforts to provide financial
aid for the students in
some cases
James Pole
dent on parents are as follows: freshmen
$2625; sophomores $3500; and juniors
and seniors $5500. Independent students
who are married are graduate students or
are above a certain age are eligible for larg-
er sums of money Cole said.
The seven-month rule was introduced
about a year ago he said adding that the
rule probably was passed to control the
amount of loans made "by educational insti-
tutions primarily technical schools and
trade schools.
However because colleges and universi-
ties operate under the same guidelines as
those institutions attempts to control tech-
nical and trade schools' abuse of the system
affected colleges and universities too he
said.
Cole said the seven-month rule probably
was replaced because it was confusing and
difficult to implement.
"The Department of Education had a ter-
rible time defining when the seven months
would start because all the schools ... inter
preted it just a little bit differently" he said.
Cole also said the seven-month rule was
replaced in time to avoid creating more
problems for students.
"It would have been bad this summer if
they hadn't canceled it" he said. "But they
called it off just in time. ... A lot of stu-
dents are making plans right now for sum-
mer school."
The rule did not create a serious problem
last summer because it was not implement-
ed fully yet he said.
Cole said "I'm delighted because the
Financial Services Department is here to
help students get their college education
and under the seven-month rule ... we
were hindered in our efforts to provide
financial aid for the students in some cases.
So now that hinderancc has been removed
and I'm very pleased with that."
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