The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 48, Ed. 1, Friday, April 16, 2004 Page: 1 of 8
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ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
The Optimist
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Wildcat pitcher Ben
FRIDAY
April 16 2004
Brockman is racking
up the Ks for the
ACU baseball
team Page 10.
Vol. 92 No. 48
1 section 8 pages
www.acuoptlmlst.com
Officers
to begin
session
New SA secretary
Woodroof says she is
undaunted by task
Jaci Schneider
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The Students' Association
executive officers appointed
Sarah Woodroof as executive
secretary Monday.
Woodroof sophomore hi-
story major from Brentwood
Tenn. will be an asset to SA
and the student body said
Melante Booker executive
vice president.
"The secretary is the face
of SA" Booker said "and
Sarah was what we were
looking for."
Woodroof's responsibili-
ties will include typical office
functions such as answer-
ing the phone making copies
and directing students to the
correct offices Booker said.
She also will be responsible
for keeping minutes at SA's
weekly Congress meeting
Community bicycle
program returns
Improvement contest
results in bringing
back Purple Bikes
Christy Gowek
Pagt 2 Editor
Students soon will be able
to ride free purple bicycles
on campus and leave them
wherever they stop.
This vision came from
the Students' Association A
winning entry for the
Campus Enhance-
ment contest which
called for a re-instltu
tion of the Purple Bikes
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free community bicycles for '
any student's use.
"It's a part of campus"
said Sen. lake Roseberry
freshman class director of
the contest. "If you need a
West Texas
drought is
hanging on
Recent rain has eased pain
but much more needed
Onus Shunk
Student Reporter
Abilene has received more rain than
average for the year but it has not been
enough to end the drought said Craig
Carnesi meteorologist for KRBC-TV.
The normal annual rain amount for
Abilene 23.7B Inches has been reached
just once in the past six years.
"Because of the lack of rain Abilene
has been in a drought for the past five
years and there is no real answer on
when we will get out of It" Carnesi said.
According to the National Weather
Service in San Angelo's Web site Abilene
has received 2.3J inches above the aver-
age rainfall for January February and
March:
"With the rain that we have gotten it
has been really good for farmers and
the soil moisture for farming" Carnesi
said.
However this year's rain has not
helped the drought as much as some
might think. The rain did not make it
into any of the reservoirs or lakes
which is where it needed to go Carnesi
said.
Meteorologists measure the extra
water at the spillway of a lake or reser-
voir to determine the extent of the
drought. Carnesi said the spillway at
Please see DROUGHT Page 3
and making agendas. She will
help plan events such as the
SA Fall Retreat changing of
the guard and homecoming
reunions Booker said.
"The secretary does an
amazing amount of work"
she said.
However Woodroof said
she is undaunted by the am-
ount of work In her future.
She said the job will become
her central focus and she
will back off other activities.
Please sec SA Page 3
bike just hop on one. It's
community ownership."
Lindsay Wilkerson senior
speech pathology major from
Nashville Tenn. submitted
the winning entry for the
contest. This is not the first
time however the Purple
Bikes have been on campus.
Dr. Jim Cooke chair of the
Department of Industrial
Technology first implement-
l ed the Purple Bike program
atter hearing of similar
k programs in Austin
and Portland Ore.
y Cooke said commu-
' nity bicycles would not
'
only help traffic conges
tion and students' health
they are also fun.
"It's very liberating" he
said. "It's feels good to pump
Please see BIKES Page 3
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Ryan Crowder plays Jeeue in the Spring Dinner Theatre pro-
duction of Godspell presented by ACU Theatre
Daniel Carieon'e review ArtsFriday Page 8.
The nationally renowned director of the
Michigan State University band will come to
campus Saturday to conduct a symposium for
band directors Page 3.
Auditions to be the new Willie the Wildcat will
be conducted April 24 for students interested
in the mascot job Page 3.
Finding a political scapegoat for the Sept. 1 1
attacks is not productive ViewsFrtday Page 6.
Abilene is building
hoping business will come
Construction of a shopping center at Southwest Drive and Catclaw
according to the city's development plan. A major center featuring
North side among
areas targeted for
growth in city plans
Jonathan SMrra
Managing Editor
"Going to Wal-Mart-Super-center
to buy groceries should-
n't take much planning but
that is exactly what some stu-
dents do to cut down how often
they travel across Abilene.
"It's completely different liv-
ing on this side of town" said
Clay Rich senior accounting
major from Abilene who grew
up on the city's south side
before moving north for col-
lege. "It takes 10 15 minutes to
get anywhere from this side."
Students who do not want
to spend that much time driv-
ing find ways to cut down on
trips
"If I am going to go to the
Super Wal-Mart now to go get
some groceries or whatever I
usually make a trip out of it and
go to a couple other places"
Rich said. "I have to plan it a lit-
tle better so I don't have to go
over there every day."
But with Abilene's new dev-
elopment plan Rich and other
students might have more
options for shopping near the
university as the city plans to
develop the north side of town
commercially and residentially
No Wrolrit solution'
In what is being called the
"comprehensive development
plan" several long-term strate-
gies have been created to en-
courage the development of
residential and commercial
University warns
against avoiding
Officials: requirement
to live on campus
will be better enforced
Sarah Carlson
Stafj mtcr
University officlals'are con-
cerned with upperclassmen
Presidential Scholars who are
paying for a room in University
Park apartments but living off
campus.
The scholars who are re-
quired to live on campus
received an e-mail detailing the
stricter enforcement of the
requirement from Dr. Chris
More juggle in-town
Students take some
classes at McMurry
Hardin-Simmons
Katoerine Flanary
Student R. porter
Students from Abilene's
three universities are register-
ing for intercollegiate classes.
Dorothy Kiser registrar at
Hardin-Simmons University
said HSU has 30 McMurry stu-
dents and 105 ACU students
taking classes there right now
while only 31 Hardin-Sim
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Road In the south end of Abilene Is a portent of things to come
a Wal-Mart Supercenter It scheduled for Northeast Abilene.
A Rosa Dress for Less aa well
Beyond are aet to move Into the
areas inside the city limits said
Richard Gertson Abilene's dir-
ector of community develop-
ment services.
According to city planning
documents the plan is a blue-
print for what the city wants to
become over the next 10 to 15
Willerton professor of English
and director of the Honors
Program.
Next fall if administrators
discover a Presidential Scholar
is paying for UP but living off
campus the student will per-
manently lose his scholarship
Willerton said.
Information that some stu-
dents were getting around the
on-campus living requirement
came to him third-hand from
"very reliable students" Willer-
ton said.
He addressed rumors that
the university does not care
whether a student actually lives
mons students are taking
classes at ACU and 10 are tak-
ing classes at McMurry.
The reason ACU and HSU
share more students is because
of larger enrollment and close
proximity Kiser said.
ACU requires students to
complete paperwork to take
classes at other universities;
the admissions forms can be
picked up in the Registrar's
office.
Danelle Brand registrar
said that once a student is
enrolled In a class at another
university the class will be
aa Old Navy and Bed Bath and
new Shops of Abilene center.
years through the develop-
ment of residential and com-
mercial areas.
The trend for Abilene and
other cities Gertson said has
been development at the
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scholars
UP rule
in UP as long as they pay the
rent.
"The university does care"
Willerton said in the e-mail
"because students' integrity is
at Issue. When you sign the
acceptance letter you bind
yourself to follow Its condi-
tions." Willerton said the problem
is not widespread as far as he
knows.
"The announcement is
mainly preventative" Willerton
said. "Students will be signing
up for UP in the next few
Phase ste UP Page 4
colleges
added to the student's ACU
bill. She said many university
students take classes else-
where because they cost less.
Kiser said students are lucky
to have an intercollegiate pro-
gram In which to participate.
"I think Abilene has a real
unique opportunity" Kiser
said. "Even though all three
schools are fairly small it gives
them a little more flexibility. ...
It has helped our students
tremendously In the past."
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