The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 13, Ed. 1, Friday, October 7, 1994 Page: 1 of 8
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IParents of the Yelir
By CHR1STI HUDSON
STUDENT REPORTER
"fcTominationS arc in and the decision
1 1 is final: Ihe 1994-95 Parents of the
Year are Mack and Kathleen Hylcmon
;of Williamsburg Ya.
The Hylcmons arc the parents of
Paul Hylcmon sophomore Bible and
family ministry major from Williams-
burgT VA. and will be introduced in
Daily Assembly Friday as recipients of
the award sponsored by the Parents
Association.
"I nominated my mom and dad
because I felt they were the best candi
dates for the award" Hylcmon said. "I
realized that the two people that have
nptdc the most difference in my life
arc my parents not only by the words
they've said and the things they've
done but by die examples they set for me."
Spotlight to
Follies begins
Friday night
I
y MARK LKE
STUDENT REPORTER
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qrc than 4UU treshmen arc
involved in this year's Freshman
'Follies which will be presented Friday
and Saturday night in Cullcn Auditorium.
Susan Lewis manager of student
Stertainmcnt said this year's Fresh-
in Follies has more participants than
last year because of the increased
number of freshmen.
"We're really optimistic about it"
aid Kelly Enright freshman advertis-
ing major from Fortworth and publici-
ty director of Freshman Follies.
Many students involved enjoyed
rjjhcarsing. Shelley Williamson fresh-
man psychology major from Fort-
worth said Freshman Follies was a lot
of fun because it was a good way "to
leet new people."
"Oh I loved it" said Cody Bailey
freshman biology major from Sweet-
water. "Although the songs arc kind of
stupid they're a lot of fun to do
gmk because everyone is doing the same
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"I think it rocks" said Jerry Binkley
freshman biology major from Tyler.
inkley said he feels Freshman Follies
nave helped him meet a lot of people.
Tickets for Freshman Follies cost $5
and will be sold at the ticket window
oCullen Auditorium.
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By KATHY COLVETT
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
tudents demanded answers regard-
ing Galaxy's loss of Bid Night and
Prceiveu inconsistencies in ciuo aisci-
ine the role of the Inter-Social Club
Council and campus parking tickets as
cleans of students Major Boglin and
fcynthia Cooke spoke during the Stu-
.
Rlents' Association meeting Wednesday.
Although most of the questions were
Jcood naturcd not all the answers were
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any students commented as they lelt
Ithat they had more questions after the
essflPn than they had before the discus-
ion of the issues began.
Questions were presented to the deans
nonymously on blue cards read by SA
resident Tye Lambertn.
O jfetion one asked about why the
SCC was not consulted before can
dling Galaxy's Bid Night and "Why
as it necessary to make an immediate
Recision instead of conducting a proper
Rnvf stigation at a later date?"
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The Parents of thfc Year Award Was
first given last. year. Patrice Natalie-' .
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cliio coordinator of alumni activities
and overseer of the Parents Associa-
tion said she wanted to give all par-
ents of students attending ACU the
opportunity to be recognized.
Students were given the option'of
nominating their parents in early
September.
To nominate their parcnts.'studcnts
were required to write a letter explain-
ing why their parents deserved the
honor and attach it to a short identifi-
cation form.
Natalicchio said "In the nomination
letters we were looking for something
that was different; something that
stood out from all the rest. There were
so many letters the screening commit-
tee had ahard time making a final
decision.'
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Struttin' Sprott
Emcee Jeremy Sprott freshman undecided major from Belton introduces
the next actt during Follies practice.
hot seat answer questions
Boglin responded: "One of jhc things
I've tried to do this year is get ISCC to
work up some revisions about its proce-
dures and how things operate In the
past it has not operated with any kind
of formal procedures. For instance the
deans of students decide on discipline
and the ISCC going through channels
through the vice president for student
services and club may make an appeal
of that decision but ISCC docs not
determine the disciplinary actions of
the deans of students"
"Because of the violation of three
policies that are the mainstays of poli-
cies and procedures for the regulation
of clubs it demanded some immediacy."
Question two asked "Dean Cooke
what criteria did you consider when
you helped dean Boglin decide that the
men of Galaxy deserved to have Bid
Night cancelled?"
"We made the best decision we could
in that amount of time" Cooke said
She said she saw Galaxy's pledge in
Boglin's office and heard more infor-
mation from Boglin and she concurred
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posed of the president of the Parents
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Association; the Alumni Association
president elect; and members of ACU
administration.
Together they are responsible for nar-
rowing the choice down to the top five
entries.
Hylcmon's nomination was among
five which made it to members of the
executive committee of the Parents
Association.
President Roycc Money will honor
the Hylcmons with a plaque at the Par-
ent's Day Luncheon at 12 p.m. Satur-
day in the Hilton Room of the Campus
Center.
All parents and students arc invited
to attend.
Tickets can be purchased for $5 in
the Office of Alumni Activities in the
Administration Building
JoehOuInn
with his decision based on that evi-
dence. Question three regarded whether or
not Boglin overstepped his bounds. He
replied: "We have three policies that arc
there for the protection of the pledges.
Rules or no rules
it's our hearts
where our
spirituality will
be formed.
CYNTHIA COOKE
Number one all activities that are not
preapproved are disapproved. Two
pledging takes place in the context and
parameters of the pledging period. And
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1994 FALL SOCIAL CLUB PLEDGES
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Sigma Thctt Chi
Alpha Theta Chi Omega
SA discusses
By KATHY COLVETT
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
Other than the heated discussion
with the deans during the Stu-
dents' Association's hot seat session
three major items of business were dis-
cussed country group Diamond Rio
performing at Moody Coliseum a pur-
ple and white spirit day next Friday
and the procedure for requesting and
receiving money from the SA's
$ 1 1 000 unallocated fund.
The Major Entertainment Committee
announced that Diamond Rio is per-
forming Nov. 3.
Tickets will be sold in the Campus
Center beginning Monday.-
Next Friday will be purple and Whife
day on campus. The Wildcat Commit-
tee announced that there will be a pep
rally in Daily Assembly and the Big
Purple will perform.
Also the Bean employees will dress
in school colors and a prize will be
given for the most spirited club.
Approximately 2000 plastic purple
and white pom-poms have been
ordered for the event.
Executive' treasurer Stephen Haynes
unveiled a revised policy for fund
donation and reallocation during the
meeting.
According to its guidelines classes
and committees can request up to 10
percent of the semester's unallocated
Phone lines to go
down on campus
Saturday morning
All telephone services will be inter-
rupted from 6-7 a.m. Saturday.
Information Technology will per-
form some electrical work on the tele-
phone switch room to correct the cam-
pustwide static problems.
During this time all telephone ser-
vices including local service long
distance service and Voice Mail on
campus will be interrupted..
policy number three that a sponsor be
present at any and all activities in
which a pledge is going through a
pledging process.
As I mentioned these three policies
were all violated in this instance just as
they had been in the past by other
clubs. Maybe not to the same degree
quantitatively but qualitatively the
same. Because of that qualitative same-
ness the discipline had to be pretty
potent."
Question four asked why Galaxy was
the only club punished for Bid Night
activities. Boglin said "I have since
repented of a mistake that I made in
approving a couple of activities that I
should hot have approved."
He said he approved activities that he
did not visualize as dangerous until he
saw (he activites taking place. "Even
though I stopped it I cannot discipline
for it because I approved it" he said.
Boglin said "There have been occas-
sions every year that I've been here
when I've had to go out and stop activi-
ties that were approved by me."
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...He has blessed us in
Christ with every
spiritual blessing in the
heavenly places.
EPHESIANS 1:3
Count your
many blessings.
E.CLEXCELL
Lean. Wexxn
major plans
fund up to $1100 this semester
to be approved by majority vote of the
Senate.
Classes and committees also may
request transfers of funds from another
class or committee if they have
approval by the executive treasurer and
by majority vote of the Student Senate.
For departments and groups outside
the Senate up to $500 may be request-
ed and individuals can request funds
through their class representatives.
Any request for funds must be made
to the executive treasurer at least 48
hours before a Senate meeting Haynes
said.
Also the SA named the Publicity
Committee the committee of the week
and'hamed John Siburt who organize?
the Tuesday Night Devotionals Senate
member of the week.
Barry Gober SA vice president also
emphasized that pledging-related activ-
ities are banned from the SA office. As
evidence that such activities are occur-
ring anyway he showed a transparency
from a pledge's notebook that he found
when fixing the SA's jammed photo-
copier. The meeting began at 5:10 p.m. and
ended at 6:07 p.m. Jake Cairo was the
only Senate member absent.
More than 45 students from outside
the SA attended the meeting to partici-
pate in the hot scat discussion time;
with the deans of students.
The Optimist was given incor-
rect information about Saturday's
Library Gala and the incorrect
information was printed in the
Sept. 30 edition
The story said members of
Friends of the Abilene Christian
University Library received com-
plementary tickets to the celebra-
tion. However FACUL members
do not receive free tickets.
. Foriinstanccj when Boglin saw the
'pledges of Gamma Sigma Phi lying in
the backs of pickup trucks with hoods
on he saw the situation as potentially
dangerous and asked that this preap-
proved activity be stopped.
Another question asked about the
severity of Galaxy's punishment and
Boglin said the low actual danger of
Galaxy's offense kept the punishment'
from being greater.
A more general question asked "Do
you believe that an increase in disci-
pline problems on this campus might be
due to an increase in rules? Do. you
think more rules promote more spiritu-
ality?" Cooke said "Rules or no rules it's
our hearts where our spirituality will be
formed." The rules make little differ-
ence in the hearts of the people who arc
supposed to live within the boundaries
she said.
Another question asked "Are clubs
on the way out and what effects will
this have on the ACU community?"
Please sec HOT SEAT p. 8
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