The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 48, Ed. 1, Friday, April 3, 1998 Page: 1 of 8
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By Laura Ngeh
Student Reporter
To compote music Ludwig Von
Beethoven sawed the legs off of his
pianoforte and pressed his ear to
the ground "listening" to each
note as he played k.
Beethoven wm deaf hut be
found ways to adapt his Uknt to
HIS fiRMI9fny
In the same way music major
Yumi Maekawa must adapt to her
own disability.
Maekawa is 96 percent Wind
and in one or two years her vision
wiS be completely gone.
Maekawa an ESL student from
Takarazuka Japan lias been at
ACU since July 1 1997. She 1ms a
congenital eye disease that is
incurable. Site 4ald her eyes always
hurt which makes studying hard.
. "My eyes are getting worse and
I can't do anything for my eyes"
she said.
Bora May 27 1978 with retini-
tis pigmentosa Maekawa first
heard about ACU from her
English tutor in Japan who is an
alumnus. The tutor Metonobu
lkeda encouraged her to come to
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Mackawas mother accompa-
nied her when she Rot came to
ACU and in the one week she was
hone she guided Moekawa around
thecampus.
Maekawa said she knows her
way around but sometimes needs
the aid of a wanting stick.
She said she also gets around by
listening and said "I can do
everything if I'm used to doing it."
Maekawa has been playing the
pkno for 13 years and said that
she can play without seeing.
Maekawa played the opening
song the Star-Spangled Bonner
for the 1997 Culture Show.
Susan Tecl piano instructor
said this is her first semester
teaching Maekawa.
She said that Maekawa is an
excellent student and the disease
"has not put her down. She mem-
orizes everything."
Maekawa said she loves music
and wants to be a musk compos-
er. She said "The disease wont
stop me."
Dr. Jeffrey Haseltine chairman
of the Department of Foreign
Languages said this is the second
semester he has taught Maekawa.
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He also speaks to her directly
and sometimes spells things out
for her he said.
"The best part of her learning is
her spirit. Shefe very optimistic
and determined to go ahead with
life even though her vision is
declining" Haseltine said.
A feel for things
Top and middle: Maekawa rehearses Tues-
day afternoon in a practice room in Burford
Music Center. l
Above: Using a cane to find her way
Maekawa heads to an afternoon class after
piano practice.
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Woiwode shares
craft with Abilene
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fti? Editor
This author portrays jural
America and the Heartland espe- lucky to have Woiwode speak.
Haley said. "1 hoped that they
saw that Gods footprints couki
be all over a story without the
word 'God' ever appearing."
Tlppens said he thinks ACU is
Woiwode is
a good
daily from his native North
Dakota. Htfs not just a bookish
person who lives in the asphalt
jungle" said Dr. Darryl Tippens
professor of English.
Leading American fiction
writer and poet laureate of North
Dakota Larry Woiwode will visit
Abilene to share his craft Monday
at 7 p.m. in Room 117 of the
Biblical Studies Building.
Woiwode will also present an
afternoon questkm-and-answer
session for students at 4 p.m. in
the Campus Cen-
ter Living Room.
Al Holey assis-
tant professor of
English and wri-ter-in-rosidence
said Woiwode has
a real sense of the
land contributing
to "who wc areas
human beings.
"He writes a-
bout North Da-
kota and its peo-
ple with such pas-
sion that you can
feel that their
blood and tears have gone right
into the soil and the characters
know it" he said.
Tippens said one advantage of
Woiwodeb visit to ACU k that
English students are already fa-
miUor wjk his work. Tippens in-
cluded some of WolwodVs work
in Shadow and Light a collabora-
tive anthology of literature with
Dr. Steve Weathers assistant pro-
fessor of English. Tippens Haley
and other English professors use
the collection in their classes.
"I taught his story The Old
Haverson Place to my class"
"He is one of the finest writers
of fiction and he is praised by
first-rate novelists" Tippens said
adding that Woiwode b good at
creating realistic stories out of hk
own biographical experience.
Tippens also said the lecture
sponsored by the Center for
Christian Writing the English
Department the College of Arts
and Sciences and the Faculty
Development Committee sat-
isfies the desire for a visitor who
will encourage the relationship
- between faith and
creativity.
"Woiwode k a
good ulustration of
how its possible to
be a first-rate wri-4
ter and believer. In
our society where.
most writers rave.
illustration of
how ifs
LI a l mow wthcts nave.
pOSSIDle tO be a turned their back
first-rate writer
and believer.
on religion Woi
wode shows us -nother
way" he
said.
- Darryl Vppens JHT
' appeared in Atlan
tic Monthly New Yorker and Hor-
perS. Woiwode is the recipient of
the William Faulkner Foun-
dation Award for his 1969. novel
What Tm Going to Do I Think.
His novel Beyond the BeAreem
Wall was nominated for the
"Na"tionaTBook'Xwrdinl97r. "
Woiwode has ako received the
Award of Merit from the A-
merican Academy of Arts and
letters for "distinction in the art
of the short story."
For more information about
the lecture contact the Depart-
ment of English at Ext. 2263.
Alumni office picks
Homecoming chairs
By Jessica Cray
Editor in Chief
The 1998 Homecoming Steer-
ing Committee co-chairs are:
Kelly Enright senior advertising
and public relations major from
Fort Worth; Paul Pasarilla junior
biochemistry major from DeSoto;
and Julie Thigpen junior ac-
counting major from Temple.
Deanna Nail coordinator of
alumni activities chose the trio
and announced the selection
Wednesday.
"All three were strong leaders
on the last committee" she said.
"1 knew they would be great."
Last year Enright was the chair
of promotions Pasarilla was on
the Chapel committee nd Thig-
pen was Parade chair.
The group lias not picked a
theme for the weekend; they will
watch the a videotape of the
Homecoming Musical My Fob
Lady this weekend for ideas. But
they said they are ready for the
challenge ahead.
"I'm excited to be on this be-
cause it is such an important week
for some people" Enright said.
She went on to say that al-
though the week does involve
alumni it can be enjoyable for
students.
"I really want to get students
involved but at the same time
make it one of the best Home-
comings alumni have been to"
Enright said.
Monday the clulrs will an-
nounce in Daily Assembly thai
students interested in being
members of the committee am
pick up applications.
"There are lots of different
committees with different spe-
ckkks" Enright said.
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Senate adds bylaw to constitution hears request
By KeNy Enright
Stff Writer
While winding down he year in one of the
last meetings of the 1997-96 Student Senate
many Important items were announced and
decided on Wednesday.
A bylaw to SAs constitution concerning
executive officer scholarships was voted on
and approved by Senate with a unanimous
vote.
The bylaw states that "the executive trea-
surer will calculate executive officer scholar-
ships based on the following formula:
(45)x(hourly tuition rate)x(lS)" each se-
mester for each executive officer
Executive treasurer Kevin Linderman
said there has never been anything in SAs
constitution before concerning the officer
scholarships.
Each year the executive officers have de
cided the scholarship amount at the be-
ginning of the semester while preparing the
budget
The purpose of tlie bylaw k to prevent
excessive scholarships guarantee a fair schol-
arship eliminate the task of allowing the
executive treasurer to assign hisher own
scholarship and take into consideration the
change in tuition prices.
Linderman junior youth and family min-
istry major from Belmont Calif. said this is
better instead of always doing what was done
before.
The 1997-98 executive officers received
$2000 scholarships each semester. For the
previous five years executive officers re-
ceived $1875.
Also at the Wednesday meeting an unallo-
cated request of $260 was approved by Senate
for the Department of Agriculture and
Environment
The funds will be used to help send 25 stu-
dents to the National Agriculture Colleges
and Teachers Association national competi-
tion at the University of Wisconsin at
Pbutcvilk April 15-19.
SAs unallocated fund remains at $3240.
All students are members of SA and arc
encouraged to attend the weekly Wednesday
meetings in Room 114 of the Biblical Studios
Building.
Each Senate member Is allowed three ab-
sences and will be dismissed after the third.
SA members absent from the April 25
meeting were: Dale Carter Brad Currey
Darren Manning Jessica Reese (3) and Molt
Wallace.
The following members were absent foes
Wednesdays meeting: Andrew Deister (2)
Beri Denman (2) Sam Jeffrey (2) Amy Jones
Gavin Morgan arid Cody Paty (2).
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