The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 12, Ed. 1, Friday, October 7, 1983 Page: 2 of 11
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Last year the SA sponsored two concerts at a
lose of approximately $4000 each. Although the
student response to the first the Kenny Logging
concert was favorable the Firefall concert in
the spring Was a financial failure.
When the Senate decided in a closed meeting
early in September to try to bring Air Supply to
campus the odds were seemingly against the
concert breaking even. However Tuesday
evening the Senate released its concert financial
statement showing that the concert almost paid
for itself.
The Senate and the Students' Association
executive officers should be commended for a
good job of planning and carrying out the con-
cert. Brad Small SA vice president said that
several unscientific surveys were conducted to
see if the students would support the concert.
According to Small several classes were asked
to list what bands they would tike to see hi
concert at ACU and Air Supply was among the
top five vote-getters.
The extra planning by the officers paid-off.
Student response to the concert was extremely
favorable.
Approximately 2000 of the 3047 tickets sold
were purchased by students. Ticket sales for the
Air Supply concert totalled $28734. The average
ticket price was 19.43 which is not a bad price for
an evening of entertainment by one of the
world's most popular soft-rock bands.
The Senate statement shows that Air Supply
received 120000 for the appearance. The band
received $10000 before the show and the
remaining $10000 after the appearance. Small
said the band was between dates in College
Station and Canyon and could afford to give the
SA a kmer than average rale. According to
Small Air Supply usually charges ap-
proximately $29999 to $11009 for an appearance.
In addition to the $39900 for the band the
Senate planned $3009 dollars in expenses to
come from ticket revenue and $1500 to come
from the entertainment budget. Total
miscellaneous costs totalled $4998 which in-
cludes $2300 for advertising development and
sales
Total revenue for the concert including ticket
sales $705 in T-shirt revenue and $232 in con-
cessions was $29971. The total expenses for the
concert which includes 95734 or 109 percent of
ticket sales over $23900 to the Concert Co. were
$30 592.11.
According to the financial statement the SA
ended up spending only $921.11 of the $1509
budgeted from the entertainment budget for the
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concert. The SA saved $979.99 of student duis
whkh means the average cost per student waff
approximately a not a bad price compredHo
the average $2 cost per student in last year's two
concerts. ik
Small said he believed student reaction Was
excellent. j
He estimated that 40 percent of ACU's student
went to the concert and so far the response has
been favorable. s
The Senate hopes to sponsor another concert in
the spring according to Small. If they do e
hope they will continue to research the wafitsof
the students and plan the entertainment ac-
cording to what the students want. ttffc
The Senate and the executive officers detervt'
credit for planning the concert well but it k the
student body who deserves (he real credit for
making the Air Supply concert a success. '
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Proposed ordinance change hinges on family definition
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Webster's New World Dictionary is of little
help to the Abilene planning and zoning com-
mission which is in the process of finding a
suitable definition for a seemingly simple word
family.
The city's zoning officials are trying to come
up with a suitable definition and the end result
will be of vital concern for several ACU students
living off-campus and to area landowners.
Webster innocently defines family as "all tlie
people living in the same house." For city
planning officials such an uncomplicated
definition is inadequate.
For the city planners the question is this: at
what point does a family home become a
boarding house?
The question hinges upon a working definition
of the word family.
If a proposed change is adopted it would mean
that students living in some houses would no
longer be able to have several roommates. A
change Would mean a higher share of the bills for
each student who remains in the house A change
would mean some property owners may have
trouble finding renters willing to pay the higher
costs per resident
The present zoning ordinance definition
considers five unrelated people living in the
same household a single family unit The
proposed definitional change would limit the
number of unrelated people living In the same
house to three; more than three the house of-
ficially would become a boarding house.
Not all students or property owners near the
ACU campus would be affected by thk proposal.
The change would affect houses zoned as single-
.family residences not property zoned as
multiple-family residences.
The areas immediately south and west of
campus are zoned multiple-family and would not
be affected by the change. Other individual
properties zoned multiple-family are scattered
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throughout the area and also will not be affected
by the change. "'
However many students and property owifers
outside these zones generally south of Bast
North 13th Street north of East North 19th StBeet
and west of Avenue D will be affected by the
ordinance. .
The next public hearing by the planning 'and
zoning commission on the proposed ordinance
will be conducted Monday and Oct. 17 at g:30
p.m. in the council chambers at City Hall.
ACU students and landlords should attendji
meeting and voice their opinions about a gc-I
definition for family. ..o
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Tothe.Editor.; m
To clarify my ideas better let us start out with
the verse Jay Friddell brought up (Matthew
22:21). Clearly Cnristians were to obey Caesar
but later Christians rejected the authority for
Caesar to declare himself a god and many lost
their lives for this rebellion. This verse describes
two authorities for men to follow: temporal and
spiritual. In Matthew 28:1 Jesus said "all
authority in heaven and on earth has been given
to me" so clearly Jesus is the spiritual authority
on earth. If temporal authority impedes on
spiritual authority who are we to follow? (See
Acts 5:29.) Are men who are enforcing Christian
principles on others rendering to God what is
God's? I think not. Some may be thinking that
the school is not trying to be the church but this
is dodging the issue. Aren't men who live under
the banner of Christianity "the church?" Can we
have Christian principles outside of the church?
The problem with men having authority over
others in religious matters is they are only men
and are not blessed with a complete un-
derstanding of God's will. Do you not find it
ironic that if Timothy had followed Paul's advice
concerning his stomach (I Timothy 5:23) and the
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administration had found out about it Timothy
would have been kicked out of school? Why is it
then an evil hateful act such as. gossip is not
listed in the student handbook as unacceptable
behavior? Why is it that nobody gets kicked out
of school for lying? At this pout some may be
thinking that the rules only need to be adjusted
closer to the principles of Christianity but who
has removed the speck from their eye. so they
can see Christian principles clearly enough to
apply them to others? Don't you think if it were
possible to boil down Christianity to rules Christ
would have done so? -
How does a system of rules and regulations
and a dedicated but hurt staff who doesn't enjoy
handing out the punishment fit in with a
Christian principle found in John i : 1-11?
Yes it is Calvinktic to make rules and to
expect them to be enforced if those rules are
motivated by religion. Calvinism was a
movement begun in the 16th century in Geneva
Switzerland. It was characterized by the city
government imposing mandatory rel&ien in the
form it believed correct on all inhabitants.
Nobody in the administration is trying to
promote Calvinism but not promoting
Calvinism doesn't mean that they don't have
Calvinistic ideas. Followers of John Calvin
thought they were following Christian principles
too. Zeal for the Lord must be based on
knowledge. The label doesn't neceatariiy
describe what is in the bottle. We must con-
stantly be examining our beliefs so that we don't
stray from the truth. .
Christopher Conrad Nystrom
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To the Editor:
As an ACU student I am very disappointed in
ACU's moral stand concerning concerts. It is
fine to have a group such as "Air Supply" come
to the ACU campus bring in people of the
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community and show them our morals
much different thfurtheee ottne. ''WerlcV
Christians we are called to live in the world'
not to be conformed to the ways of the wot
find it hard to see God glorified in the setting
surrounding the concert I can't imagine Chrp
taking partln such an activity. 'J
This brings up another thought. Should our
secular life and spiritual life be separated? I
don't think so. If God had intended it to be that
way there would be more examples of such
lifestyles in the Bible with encouragement
toward such. Q
Many of us on the ACU campus would like to
hear some Christian artists but ACU has a
problem with that because of instrumental
music a doctrinal not Scriptural issue.
When it's wrong to have Christian concerts
that encourage us toward a closer walk witho"
Lord but alright to have secular concerts u J
encourage worldly behavior and atuiuoes
someone's priorities are out of order.
Cindy Ogden
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 12, Ed. 1, Friday, October 7, 1983, newspaper, October 7, 1983; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth96082/m1/2/?q=music: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.