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Wednesday February 8 2006
What was this artist thinking?
Students seek justice Chapel
Leaden lal
"We want to challenge people to dive Into
what we should be doing as Christians."
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Thomas Madrid junior English major from Abilene and Amy "Pockets" Nelmeyer senior math major from Mid-
land look at posters In the Campus Center on Monday
Grad school scholarship available
Itoo university students wHI
be nemtaated for The Jack Kent
Coeke Foundation scholarship
which Is awarded to about 65
students nationwide.
By ANNA CARROLL
Six pent Rti-orur
Seniors and recent gradu-
ates interested In attending
graduate school can appl)
to become one of two stu-
dents nominated b) ACU for
a scholarship worth up to
S 50000 a )ear for up to six
jears. The Jac.k Kent Cooke
Foundation will award about
G5 scholarships to be used
for graduate programs begin-
ning in the fall
Students must be seniors
or have graduated since 2001
and be entering a graduate
program for the first time
in the fall. Applications and
more Information arc avail-
able online at wwwjackkent-
cookefoundation org
To be eligible for this
scholarship students must
be nominated by their un-
dergraduate school's facult)
representative. ACU's repre
get
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Departmental listings
Map of Abilene and of the ACU campus
Atf letic A Theatre schedules
Campus calendv
List of importart deadlines
Phorc numbers & address for many local businesses
Coupons and discounts
goto
www.acu.edujmc
and click "Student Media Store".
Questions?
E-mail chrlsti.starkacu.edu
sentative is Dr. Chris Wilier-
ton director of the Honors
Program and professor of
English. He accepted the posi-
tion this ) car making him the
representative of four gradu-
ate scholarships including the
Rhodes Udall and Golduatcr
scholarships.
Students must turn In ap-
plications to Willerton by
March 1. With the help of
three other facult) members
he will make a prcliminarv se-
lection b April 1 and a final
selection bv April 17 accord-
ing to a press release from
Willerton The final tuo nomi-
nations arc due May 1 and
the foundation will inform
students of their award sta-
tus in Jul) according to the
foundation's Web site.
The facult) committee will
judge applicants based on
their potential to compete
with the top students nomi-
nated by other schools in six
areas' academic abilltv and
achievement unmet financial
need will to succeed leader-
ship and public service criti-
cal thinking abilit and appre-
ciation for or participation in
It's not too late!
on for s'udents faculty and staff
the arts and humanities.
Willerton said he has re-
ceived inquires In the few
da)s since the scholarship
was announced.
"I'm sure dozens of stu-
dents will be interested" he
said in an e-mail. "But strictly
speaking we can't measure
interest until March 1 when
applications come in "
Willerton gave three rea-
sons why ACU encourages
students to appl) for major
scholarships like this one;
"the great prestige it would
bring to the univcrsit) the
need to assure gifted stu-
dents that the university will
support them in big-league
ambitions and the benefits
to academic culture bv mak-
ing the student bod) aware of
world class opportunities."
Jack Kent Cooke was the
former owner of the Los An-
geles Lakers and the Wash-
ington Redskins. When he
died in 1997 he left money
to establish the foundation
which began in 2000.
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Student Retorter
Students might soon
have one more option when
it comes to picking a Small
Group Chapel but only if
they can work out all the
details.
Roommates Brandon
Smith and Donny Tapic are
working to begin a Small
Group Chapel that focuses
on social justice.
Both are officers with In-
ternational Justice Mission
a human rights agency that
rescues victims of violence
sexual exploitation slav-
ery and oppression around
the world. Smith and Tapic
want to start a Chapel that
will reach out to other
groups on campus that also
focus on social Justice.
"W'c want to challenge
people to dive into what we
should be doing as Chris-
tians" said Smith sopho-
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By JAYME SMITH
Statf Writer
On Saturday night cou-
ples who want to experi-
ence a three-course catered
meal live Jazz music a si-
lent auction and door prizes
can attend the Sweetheart
Dinner where all proceeds
will be donated to the Mar-
riage Enrichment Mission
Trip to Nigeria.
The event begins at 6
p.m. and concludes at 8:30
p.m. in the Williams Per-
forming Arts Center. The
dinner is open to students
faculty and the commu-
nity though geared toward
couples dating engaged or
married.
"We're hoping for around
200 people to show up"
said Tessa Iacono marriage
and family therapy gradu-
ate student from Trabuco
Canyon Calif. "In order for
that to happen we need to
sell more tickets."
Besides dinner and a
musical performance a si-
lent auction will take place
and organizers will give out
door prizes including gift
certificates to Starbucks
Target and Best Buy.
The purpose of the fund-
raiser is to raise money for
the university's marriage
and family therapy gradu-
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science major from Over-
land Park Kan. and special
events coordinator for 1JM.
This Chapel isn't meant
to be a new club said
Tapte sophomore biblical
text major from Orlando
Fla. and chaplain for IJM.
Rather he said it Is meant
to unite the existing clubs.
"We both felt that there
are so many groups for
social Justice such as IJM
Awake 3:18 and Service
Action Leadership Team
and it seems like they were
kind of divided and fight-
ing for members" Tapie
said. "We thought it would
be good to have one day for
all the different groups to
come together and focus
and talk about social jus-
tice." Smith and Tapie ap-
proached Mark Lewis spiri-
tual life director and Jason
night out raises funds
7 believe I'm immortal until my work
on earth is done ... what better privilege than
to get to spread God's word across the globe."
Jwll Uggkn nuntigt and family ttwrapy gradual student from Auguttt d
ate student mission trip to
Nigeria this summer. About
nine students will leave for
Africa on June 24 and visit
for 10 days.
"Our expenses are prett)
much taken care of except
for our plane tickets which
run about S2.500 a per-
son" Iacono said. "Even if
)ou're unable to make it to
the fundraiser dinner do-
nations are still accepted."
While in Nigeria the
marriage and family ther-
apy graduates will present
a workshop called "Pas-
sion Purity Purpose." The
missionaries will have the
opportunity to teach God's
plan for sex and promote
sexual purity to teenagers
as well as counsel adults.
The workshop's key verse
Is from 1 Corinthians 6:20:
"You were bought at a
price; therefore honor God
with your body."
The soon-to-be Nigerian
missionaries have high
hopes for the coming trip.
"I'm excited because this
will be a neat opportunity
to put into practice what
I've been learning and I'll
also have the ability to
reach more diverse peo-
ple" Iacono said.
Others like Janelle Lig-
SAVINGS
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Morris McNair Scholars
Program about becoming
advisers for their Chapel
but progress came to a
standstill when they found
out that Chapel policy pre-
vents them from meeting
on Wednesday Smith said.
According to the current
policy small groups meet
on Thursdays or Fridays
said Shane Hughes Chapel
coordinator in an e-mail.
Thursday is an option
but Smith and Tapic know
that they would be compet-
ing with other small groups
like IJM Awake 3:18 and
Spring Break Campaigns.
Another option Is to have it
on Fridays but that would
compete with praise day
Smith said. Social Justice
Chapel is on hold until
a better time can be arranged.
gins marriage and family
therapy graduate student
from Augusta Ga arc con-
templating the long plane
ride.
"At first I was hesitat-
ingworried about school
handling everything .and
the eight-hour flight so I
lifted it up in praer" Lig-
gins said. "I believe that I'm
immortal until my work on
earth Is done so I figure
what better privilege than
to get to spread God's word
across the globe."
The graduates are also
writing letters to people
they know to gain support
for the Nigerian trfpAHovv-
ever the dinner fundraiser
plays a large role in allow-
ing the students to travel
to Africa Liggins said.
The fundraiser "will in-
crease awareness of our
mission trip so we will gain
more supporters and give
us an opportunity to sow
into our trip" Liggins said.
"To reap )ou first must
sow."
The Sweetheart Dinner
tickets cost S35 per couple.
To purchase tickets e-mail
tH05a9acu.edu or call (325)
518-9337.
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