The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 51, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 22, 2009 Page: 4 of 8
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FROM THE FRONT
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
SHADES: Squad’s show premieres after months of practice
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committed, from the people
who helped sell tickets to
the performers.”
The show was inspired
by a spin-off of the popular
sitcom The Office, with skits
and step routines created by
the SHADES team.
The story took place in an
office setting with two main
characters played by Jones
and Demarco Howard, head
captain and junior fine afts
major from Houston. Jones
portrayed Petunia, the shy
and awkward co-worker ,of
Albert, played by Howard.
The two characters shared a
mutual attraction but lacked
the confidence to approach
one another. With the help
of other co-workers who pro-
vided advice and encourage-
ment, Petunia and Albert fi-
nally gathered the courage to
speak to each other.
. SHADES conducted tryouts
before the show for students
and local musicians to per-
form short skits. In between
the show’s acts, the squad per-
formed step routines, and oth-
er students sang, danced and
performed other short skits.
“It turned out better than
expected,” Howard said.
‘‘There were a lot more peo-
ple than we had hoped, and it
was said to be one of the best
we ever put on.”
Howard said members of
SHADES spent four months
preparing for the .spring
show, and the team will con-
tinue to practice and improve
techniques for future shows
next semester.
Sandy Amstutz, sopho-
more information technol-
ogy major from La Feria,
said she always enjoys at-
tending SHADES shows and
supporting her friends, and
this weekend’s show was per-
formed well.
“It was really entertaining,”
Amstutz said. “I thought that
all their routines were really
well done. You could tell they
had a lot of fun with it, and
we did too.”
E-mail Spano at: jmcnetwork@acu.edu
Hoops: Game may
begin new tradition
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The basketball game served
as the finale for the week.
The respective rosters
consisted of 19 students,
including Students’ Asso-
ciation President Charles
Gaines, sophomore social
justice major from Cedar
Hill, and 14 faculty and
staff members, including
Dr. Jean-Noel Thompson,
vice president and dean of
Student Life, and Shawna
Lavender, the women’s head
basketball coach.
Ian Dowl, freshman youth
and family ministry major
from Dallas, led the student
team in scoring with six
points, while Thompson led
the faculty and staff team
with four points.
While students, faculty
and staff played on the court,
cheerleaders from ACU and
Abilene Christian School
cheered on the sidelines.
Emcee Dr. Eric Gumm, as-
sistant director of Academic
Advising and the First-Year
Program, gave prizes to
those in attendance. Prizes
included gift cards to Lo-
gan’s Roadhouse, Frontier
Texas! and Jason’s Deli.
Evans said the week was a
WHEELS ON THE COURT
Several members of
the faculty and staff
participated in the
Disability Awareness Week
wheelchair basketball
game, including:
Dr. Jean Noel Thompson,
vice president and dean of
student life
Robert Oglesby,
instructor of Bible, missions
and ministry
John Delony, director of,
Residence Life
Shawna Lavender, head
women’s basketball coach
Dr. Brenda Bender,
assistant professor of
communication
Scott Self, director of
Alpha Scholars program
Bart Herridge, registrar
and director of academic
records
Dan McGregor, associate
professor of art and design
huge success, and Alpha
Scholars hopes to continue
Disability Awareness Week
in the future.
E-mail Elam at: jmcnetwork@acu.edu
Wendy’s: Students receive discount with ID
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Forty wooden chairs and a
padded bench fill the dining
area. But plenty of seats are not
the only incentive for students
to eat at the new restaurant.
Students will receive a 10
percent discount on their or-
ders if they show their stu-
dent IDs, McFadden said.
The Wendy’s franchise
has more than 6,000 lo-
cations worldwide, each
selling its signature Old
Fashioned hamburgers and
Frosties. The restaurant re-
cently introduced the Cof-
fee Toffee Twisted Frosty, a
chocolate and vanilla blend-
with pieces of toffee candy,
and the Frosty-cino Shake,
a vanilla shake mixed with
cocoa topped off with
whipped cream and choco-
late syrup. Other popular
menu items include the
Spicy Chicken Sandwich,
the Chicken BLT Salad and
the Baconator burger.
With new hotels and de-
veloping neighborhoods
being built nearby, as well
as the Wal-Mart located on
They've been telling us for years to
build it...it was the customers who
started this building.
:: Michelle McFadden, general manager of Wendy's
State Highway 351, McFad-
den said she expects busi-
ness to go well.
“They’ve been telling us for
years to build it,” McFadden
said. “That’s what started the
whole thing, people calling the
800-number and asking for
one on the north side. It was
the customers who
started this building.”
Wendy’s opens at 10 a.m.
every day, and the indoor
dining area closes at 11 p.m.,
while the drive-through stays
open until 2 a.m.
E-mail Freeman at: mxf04b@acu.edu
Chapel: Forum deals with story of survival
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share during Chapel. Gasore,
senior psychology major from
Rwanda, then suggested find-
ing a way to bring representa-
tives from Xtra Mile Ministries
to tell about their organization
that helps children in the same
situation Gasore was in before
he came to the United States.
“Serge mentioned that
there were a couple of U.S.'
missionaries who were liv-
ing in Rwanda who have a
ministry outreach similar
to Big Brothers Big Sisters,
and he wondered if there
was a way to bring them
to campus to do a presen-
tation about their work,”
Lewis said.
Originally, Gasore
planned to tell his testi-
mony of his survival of the
Rwanda genocide of 1994,
but instead he will intro-
duce a video he made. Stu-
dents will watch a video he
took from the last time he
was home, while his prere-
corded testimony plays in
the background.
Lewis said Gasore’s story
is one of perseverance and
faithfulness.
“It’s an incredible story
about a horrible thing hav-
ing taken place and people
in the name of the Lord en-
tering in and doing great
things,” he said.
Gasore said he has told
his story in Chapel before,
but this time he would be ac-
companied by two mission-
aries traveling from Rwanda
with Xtra Mile Ministries.
Lewis said men working
with Xtra Mile Ministries
would speak during the Cha-
pel forum about the work
they are doing in Rwanda.
The organization helps
children in the same situa-
tion Gasore faced as a child,
Gasore said.
“The group is trying to
help kids that survived geno-
cide and who they are re-
sponsible for because they
don’t have parents anymore,”
he said. “So what they do is.
become their mentors.”
Gasore said Xtra Mile Min-
istries is looking for students-
to join its. organization. He"
said he is part of the organic
zation and he wanted to help;
children who grew up abused-
and neglected like him.
“I think it is very impor-
tant for those kids to geC
the same thing I got,” Gas-“
ore said.
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 51, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 22, 2009, newspaper, April 22, 2009; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth904085/m1/4/?q=%22Student%20publications%20--%20Texas%20--%20Abilene.%22: accessed May 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.