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i See what you can do with the editor's name
Keynotes
key payton
OK I've waited about long enough I
think. Now I'm gonna blow the lid
right off the whole mad "Key Payton
Name Game!"
I know I know it's sort of an
unusual name. I mean how many Keys
do you know? Sure I've got lots of
namesakes in Vietnam and China but
what they pronounce "Key" they all
spell "Ki." So no my name is not Kai
but Key like a doorkey like what you
open doors with.
And I can hear the chortles and
chuckles starting out there already.
"Dorkey! Who is this 'Dorkey' guy?"
I've been called that several times
throughout my life which has not done
a whole lot for my ego but then I pro-
bably earned it seeing as how I am pret
Anti-nuke response
To the editor:
Thank you very much for your recent
article on the nuclear arms race titled
"Con: Must stopj we must put trust in
.God."
I It never ceases to amaze me that peo-
jple who Believe in God as Creator who
believe He provides for His creation
and directs the course of His creation
also believe that He needs us to in-
tervene with military might in His af-
I fairs in order to help Him accomplish
His purposes. (Could it be because
5 they're really our purposes?) Such is
I the philosophy of those who refuse to
I dig deep trenches and get into the thick
; of the battle with Satan using the truth
I of the gospel of Christ and following in
tthe steps of Jesus with an ir-
reproachable lifestyle.
: Rather their gospel is blunted with
'.the sharp edges and demands of the
; gospel removed because of compromis-
ing obligations to the world resulting
;in a complete breakdown of their faith.
iTheir position actually perverts the
'gospcl of Jesus by implying that hthose
;"in Christ" those who represent Jesus
jon earth should kill rather than save!
j ... This philosophy will always ask
"But what if we arc attacked or invad-
ed?" Our answer is that with the proper
relationship with God all doubtful
$?ifs" are remaned. Who aw we to
ty dorkey sometimes.
But that's not the worst of it. Seems
like everytime I introduce myself in a
crowd of people there's a punster in the
group whose lightning-fast mind leaps
immediately upon some clever game he
can play with my name. And since I've
had this name all my life I've heard
most of these attempts at humor before
and so I net like I've heard 'em before
and so the punster is naturally challeng-
ed to come up with some new combina-
tion to impress all of us with his quick
wit.
OK so 'maybe I'm a little sensitive
because I have to admit some of these
name games have been pretty clever.
However I'll start by sharing with you
some of the more common most-often-repeated
ones first.
Of course one of the most obvious
ones is "Don Key." Get it? "Don-
key." Cute huh? Then there's "Mon
Key." And "Tur Key." Hilarious
right? How'd you like to be called all
these things? So maybe I do act like all
of these creatures. Can I help it if I
Letters to
second-guess God? Where is our faith?
Mr. Payton your position on this
question will do more to ensure our
freedom than all the military might of a
thousand nations for it acknowledges
God who rewards those who believe
He exists and who earnestly seek Him.
Amen and again Amen!
John D. Anderson
ACU Staff .
Energy Management Department
Lectureship visit
To the editor:
I'll never forget my recent return to
ACU for Lectureship week the first
one I had attended since my senior year
at ACU in 1976.
I have to admit after four-plus years
as a student observer of the Lectureship
festivities I graduated from ACU with
no immediate plans for a return to
Lectureship.
I also have to admit that had Dad not
paid my way to come this year it might
have taken another eight years before
I'd have come. I even admit that as a
student I often fantasized (part of my la-
tent messiah complex I'm sure) about
overturning tables inside that well-
worn red-and-gold Lectureship tent.
Would you believe I was a bit cynical
even about those speakers on the Lec-
tureship program especially about
smumn $m.
relate well to animals? Don't cry too
hard for me. The better ones are yet to
come.
Last name combinations' have proved
interesting. One guy always called me
"Key Hole" or "Hole" for short. "Hi
Hole!" he'd say. You'd like that
nickname right?
Then there's been "Key Stone" as
in the Cops and "Key West" as in
Florida neither of which arc too bad.
But neither did they sound particularly
clever at least to me after I was expos-
ed to one lady punster who really
deserved a prize for "Best Last-Name
Combination in the Key Payton Name
Game."
Her entries? One was making my last
name "Pitup." Put "Key" in front of
this and say it fast two or three times.
Pretty clever hey? But what I think
was her best was giving me the last
name of "Pawntruckin." Put "Key" in
front of this and see what you think.
But how'd you like to go around be-
ing called that?
However I'm resigned to my name.
the Editor"
the guys who really wanted to be on it?
Yet I'm happy to report my return to
the Hill far exceeded my best
expectations.
The highlight of my week had to be
during the last two minutes of the
ACU-Angclo State basketball game
when Brett Enzor stood solitaire at the
free-throw line getting ready to make
good on an Angelo State technical foul.
For a moment I flashed back to several
other wonderful Wildcat heartstoppers
back when Andrew Prince was a player
out on the floor.
There was one small problem
though at the time I couldn't quite put
my finger on it. I felt as though
something "alien" was in the coliseum.
Now I realize what it was.
It was me. Me! Me and the droves of
other Lectureship guests who proved
ourselves totally incompetent when it
came to the fine art of fan "wave-
making." Only now have I recognized
how incongruous was the performance
of those in Red Section A (which was
mostly filled with Lectureship guests)
as we struggled to pass along "the
wave" to our neighbors We must have
looked like the random "pops" of
Sigma Thcta Chi's "Popcorn" entry in
Sing Song as we rose and fell so much
out of synch with one another.
"Lectureship visitors are always
messing things up for us" I heard one
current student sayj And deep down I
To adapt a phrase from the great poet
Kermit the Frog "It's not that easy be-
ing" Key but Key is still me and I'm
glad. So I decided to try to enjoy the
punsters' cleverness and issue a
challenge to you to try to come up with
a "Key" name combination that is the
most clever and most creative you can
think of and also one that I've never
heard before. It better be clean and it
better be funny or I'll name my first-
born son (if I ever have one) Key Jr.
and I'll send him out to get you.
However because I realize I'm not
the only one who's had troubles with
my name you can also escape the wrath
of Key Jr. if you send me a humorous
sample of how your name has been
abused and distorted by the "pun poop
group." Be sure and let me know if
you're willing to have this published
too. If you impress me with your
samples I might name my kid
something normal like Jeeves or
Brutus so he can life a normal life. For
my kid's soke impress me with your
humor.
knew he was right.
I mean I had a feeling I was in
somebody else's space that day during
Lectureship when I earned an ACU
parking ticket. And at the Bean I
suspected that I sat in a place that
another person usually vxxupies. Of
course I didn't worry about it enough
to change my ways while on campus.
Are you kidding?
But on the other hand I think we
who love our dear Christian College
(oops!) University should remember
that when we return for Lectureship
week or any time that the campus is
now somebody else's. It's not my Bean
anymore (I reached in my back pocket
for a meal ticket and there wasn't one
there). And those aren't my parking
spaces either. In fact if you can believe
it someone else is now living in the
Happy Time Apartment (you mean
they've changed the name too?) in
which my wife and I began our married
life The nerve!
ACU Lectureship Central we will
get over the shock of not being
pampered. But somehow we have to
tailor the week with greater concern fpr
the current student body. Either that
or we need to hold the thing .during
Spring Break.
Ken Danley
Minister
Lowell Mass.
iy GABY PATTERSON
Assistant Sports EeHtor
One of the numerous special thingsipT
me about this year's Spring Break Ol
paigns was once again getting to meet
and spend time with the people of the
host congregations - being with them
getting to know them and for only a
week being part of their family.
The past few times I've visited with
the Atlantic Church of Christ in Long
Beach Calif. I've really noticed the
closeness of the family there. And
"family" is definitely the mbst accurate
term to use.
These people don't have a lot f
money yet they sacrifice a week of tjj
time resources and energy to let usoe
with them. They offer us a place to stay
without even knowing who we are.
I believe most all the students on the
Long Beach campaign really enfoytd
their host families. These people really
demonstrated tle bond that exists bet-
ween us and them. Even though we
didn't know their families and they
didn't know ours they believed we
were all part of the same family and
they showed us they did.
To see them open up their home
35 students was really encouraging
imagine the 300 other campaigner
who went to other cities and staypd
with people they did not know felt the
same way.
Church members in 17'differcnt con-
gregations in 17 major cities of North
America let more than 300 people stay
in their homes 300 people they had
never seen before.
Isn't it great to be a pan of a body
part of a family where no matter where
you are from or who you are youK
always welcome? Isn't it great thatVjt?
can be God's children?
Being a Christian is special. And Spr-
ing Break Campaigns can help male
that special feeling stronger.
I watched a number of the chur
members reach out to strangers d
the seminar in Long Beach.
"family" members showed the visitors
they really cared about them in the
same way they had shown their caring
to us. And from everything I saw the
church's concern was completely
sincere.
About 381 people came to the first
night of the seminar and Randy
Mayeux the pulpit minister at the
Atlantic church said this was the
largest number of visitors the concrcKa-
tion had ever had in that building dfc)
The family in Long Beach show
those visitors that someone was
available in their part of the world
who wanted them to be happy. And I
really like being a part of a family like
that.
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