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2 Friday September 29 2000 Optimist
Local IJM chapter
first in nation
Brantley Starr senior agricultural communication major from Abilene models a purple tie that will be presented
to Royce Money university president in the spirit of this year's Homecoming theme "Paint the Town Purple."
Pictures Ike these of Starr will be featured in a slide show in Chapel on Friday during the presentation
Changes in phone service trunking
may cause temporary call disruption
Jason Craddock
Student Reporter
Barrett Koczkur
Opinion Ed tor
Students may experience
disruption of local incoming
calls as ACU transfers us tele-
phone traffic to a new trunk-
ing service
The change is taking place
in stages over a two-week
period that began Monday
During this process on-
campus users who are calling
off campus should not expe-
rience any disruption but
off-campus users calling to
campus may experience
intermittent periods when
their calls will not connect
said Arthur Brant network
administrator
"Mondays changeover
went smooth but this is the
result of planning and coordi-
nation with ACU and
Southwestern Bell that start-
ed the second week of
August" Brant said
Brant and his team antici-
pated Mondays changeover
would take 10 or more hours
but they completed it in only
six
All University Park num-
bers will be switched over to
the new service beginning at
8am next Monda
The final changeover will
begin Oct 5 at 8 a m for all
5000 and 6000 ACU exten-
sions Internet service wont be
affected by the switch
The decision to change the
trunking was the result of
ACUs new contract for local
telephone service The new
trunks allow the university to
alleviate congestion by lever-
aging inbound and outbound
service without having to
purchase additional trunks
dedicated to a single service
direction. Brant said
In the 80s ACU purchased
a private branch exchange
which allowed the university
to provide telephone service
without the local telephope
company wiring a new line
from its central office The
pbx is connected with a series
of trunks that connect to the
local telephone company
Originally the trunks were
structured so that incoming
and outcoming calls were car-
ried on separate trunks
The local telephone com-
pany now offers
"SuperTrunks" that have the
ability to carry both inbound
or outbound calls in conjunc-
tion with the PBX The num-
ber of available telephone
channels will also increase'
from 132 to 144 for the 3500
phones on campus
"This should help with the
congestion we have experi-
enced early this semester
with calls coming into the
campus and calls leaving the
campus" Brant said
An international Christian
organization intent on fighting
injustice may find support from
ACU its first and only unlversl-
ty chapter.
The International Justice
Mission a Washington D C
based non-profit organization
seeks support from all
Christians to right the Injustices
present in our world
According to its Web site
wwwijmorg the IJM is a
Christian" ministry led by
human rights professionals that
helps people suffering injustice
and oppression who cannot rely
on local authonties for relief
The ministry documents and
monitors conditions of abuse
and oppression educates the
church and public 'about the
abuse and mobilizes interven- (
tion on behalf of the victims
The ACU chapter of IJM is
currently seeking support both
financially and through prayer
from students Students may
gie money every Tuesday after
Chapel and may view prayer
lists in the Quiet Place of the
Biblical Studies Building
Students supporting IJM at
ACU are also promoting the
"Change the World" theme said
Angela Case senior Bible major
from College Station and co-
chair of the local IJM chapter
Case said the purpose of IJM is
to utilize resources by putting
them in Gods hands
"It lakes about $500 to set a
child free" she said
A picture and a story of a
child will be posted Tuesdays in
Chapel Case said Students
will have the opportunity to
give money to help support that
child
Case said that young people
are the most exploited in the
world They are oppressed by
many businesses and even
forced into prostitution
Students can also lend sup
port through prayers In each of
the rooms in the Quiet Place
there are folders with a prayer
list provided by the IJM These
folders are updated weekly
Interest arose in the spring
when Gary Haugen president
of the IJM spoke to students in
Hart Auditorium April 4 and 5
Haugen described his
involvement with the organiza-
tion as well as his appointment
by the United Nations as the
officer in charge of the genocide
investigation in Rwanda
Many students were present
when Haugen spoke including
Matt Tapie senior Bible major
from Orlando Fla and execu-
tive president of the Students'
Association
"I was fortunate enough to
be there and hear his Igniting
message" Tapie said "It real-
ly ignited in my heart a pas-
sion for justice a passion to
be very concerned about the
world outside of our little
bubble the world that God
wants us to see more than our
own "
Hilary Stirman senior his-
tory major from Sugarland
and Dr Mel Hailey professor
of political science and chair
of the Department of Political
Science were also interested
in Hau'gen's message
Tapie Case Stirman and
Hailey discussed how they
could support Haugen's work
on the ACU campus Hailey
came up with the idea for the
campus chapter and an SA
executive committee was cre-
ated Its purpose is to serve
and financially support the
IJM in Washington D C
Becky Komsher senior
integrated marketing commu-
nications major from
Englewood Colo and execu-
tive vice president of SA over-
sees all of the SAs committees
"Being involved in the IJM
is an opportunity to fulfill the
mission statement of ACU"
she said
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registrars office by Oct 27
Students may pick up appli-
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from the registrars office
Chapel to be held for
December graduates
Seniors who are graduat-
ing in December are encour-
aged to attend a special
chapel in Hart Auditorium
on Oct 18
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 11, Ed. 1, Friday, September 29, 2000, newspaper, September 29, 2000; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101672/m1/2/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.