The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 39, Ed. 1, Tuesday, February 19, 1991 Page: 2 of 14
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Dim Morris Managing Editor
Keith Alewine Opinion Page Editor
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Editorial Brd
Botly Battros Brian .Belt Wondoll Edwards Amy Ellis Mallssa Endsley;
Lnnco Fleming Bobby Gombert Lucas W. Hondrlckson Wendy Horhbaker;
Brandon Laird kathorine Poteet Robyn Stultz H Todd Thomas
Successful ACU
might give fans
Apathetic ACU sports fans could be
saved in the nick of time here" conies
baseball.
The Wildcat's Feb. 23 home opener
Against Tarleton State will be the first
n a 10-datc home schedule that
includes eight double headers. The
novelty and underdog status of the
born-again program could rescue fans
from an otherwise dismal year.
To root root.rootfor the home team
has become increasingly difficult.
Nothing whittles fan interest like a one-
win football season stacked atop a no-
win basketball season. In its five road
games the baseball team has won more
games than football and basketball
combined.
Baseball head coach Bill Gilbreath
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The Optimist encourages reader
response through letters to the editor
but we reserve the right to refuse to
print letters containing personal
attack obscenity defamation erro-
neous information or invasion of pri-
vacy. The Optimist will not print
unsigned letter; or letters that bear
requests for anonymity.
We reserve the right to limit fre-
quent writers and to edit letters for
length or error.
Please address letters to "Optimist
Editor" ACU Box 7892 or bring the
letters to Room 308 of the Don H.
Morris Center.
Writers should include the follow-
ing: classifications majors and home-
towns of students; titles of faculty and
.staff; and hometowns of other Opti-
mist readers.
Weekend with former roommate reveals friendship truths
Memories of college roommates will
always be cherished.
When I think of my freshman room-
mate I think of the television series
"Bewitched." Her name is Tabitha and
she is the sweetest woman.
Tabitha came to visit over the week-
end. It Was like old times How wonder-
ful it is to have old acquaintances come
back into one's lift.
Saturday afternoon awaiting the
arrival of Tabitha was like the anticipa-
tion of your mother cooking a good
meal. Finally I. heard a knock on the
door. There she stood her black curly
hair blowing in the wind Her Texas
drawl brought back all the memories.
When I first came to ACU all knew
Was her name and where she was from I
Editor in Chief
baseball season
a reason to root
has promised aggressive play in cvftry
phase of the game. The fledgling Cats
ore predicted to be strong hitters. Early
games have shown their pitching to be
good but inconsistent. All of this
should add up to exciting baseball win
or lose.
Another baseball attraction We hope
will bolster attendance is its on campus
field. Students can enjoy the spring -weather
of a bull game within' a hop
skip and a home run of any dorm on
campus. The smart fan will tote a lawn
chair along with the usual hot dog and
peanuts because the unfinished bleach-
ers will limit seating at the new field.
So take us out to the ballpark. After
nil it's .been 12 years since the last
time we went.
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Strange but true ACU
The laws of nature apply at ACU.
When you trip you fall down. That's
called gravity and it occurs naturally on
campus When winter comes most of
our grass and plants die. That's a natural
cycle even at ACU You get the picture.
But ACU has its own set Of laws of
nature and physics and scientific goings-
on. This list of occurrences is written in
the simplest terms possible.
Business professors are locked togeth-
er in some sort of covalent bond caus-
ing them to travel in groups of six.
When the GATA Fountain is running
the wind speed increases exponentially
right when you walk past the fountain
ensuring a nice spray of water in your
face The exponent increases when you
are dressed nice. or are in a bad mood.
The occurrence of three or more stu-
dents standing and watching television
in McGIothlin Campus Center ensures
that approximately 92 percent of the stu-
dents who walk past them will stop to
look at the television. These students
am from California and she is from a
small town in Texas. Boy did she have
an accent! We had such different person-
alities but we got along great; She was
so interested in my life story and my lit-
tle quirks. I had a good laugh because of
her accent and her innocence
She was the best roommate. Nothing
bothered her
Two different people from two differ-
ent places of the world put together to
share a small room for a complete year
Such close quarters will make anyone
close friends. We became good friends
and shared many memories. The end of
the year took Tabitha back tq her home
town. She didn't enjoy school like stw
thought she would. Besides she wanted
to make money at that time in tier life. '
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Struggling
When Keith Alewine the opinion
editor of1 the Optimist gave the staff the
dates their columns for the Opinion
page were due I looked at the date mine
was due and said to myself "Feb. 17?
No problem. Surely I will have an idea
by then."
If you have read this far you know
that I don't.
You see I write sports And with
only a two-man staff Brian Bek and I
concentrate all of our time and writing
. on ACU sports.
Give me a sports assignment and I'll
-give you a 15-inch story in abbw 25 -
minutes. But give me a column that only
has to be eight inches long and I'll take
two months
Don't think I haven't been thinking
of what I am going to write about. I
have. But every time I think of some-
thing good it's either already been
done it's too cornball to write about or
I forget about the idea in about five mm-
utes. r...
Some of my ideas: 't
How much patriotism is being
shown at sporting events across the
United States. I think this could have
watch the TV for an average of about 15
seconds or the approximate amount of
time it takes to realize that the initial
three weren't watching anything impor-
tant tlcy were just hanging out hop-
ing someone would come along and be
"8Ufina profeaaon
are locked together In
some sort of covalent
bond causing them to
travel In groups of
six"
Keith
Alewine
Piece of My Mind
friendly to them.
You face two-to-orie odds that the
door you attempt to open to enter
Moody Coliseum for Chapel will be
locked. The odds increase to eight to one
if you are a male attempting to open the
As the years passed we talked on the
telephone and saw each other a few
times.
"This visit was differ
ent. We are older and
realize what a friend-
ship means. It Is sdm
thing you can count
on'
Amy
Ellis
In the Groove
This visit was different.
We are older and realize what a friendi
ship means It is something you crtn
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columnist brainstorms
been a really good column. I would
have talked about things like how beau-
tiful Whitney Houston's rendition of the
"Star-Spangled Banner" was at the
Super Bowl ami Ivow I always get teary-
eyed when the national unthem is sung.
Hey I'm a sensitive guy.
How to cram four years of college
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tht only hat to be
eight Inch long mod
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Lance
Fleming
Sensitive Guy
into five full years and two summer
school sessions. For anyone interested
Don Morris and I the school's resident
experts on the subject will be teaching
classes on the subject this summer. Don
our managing editor will be teaching
the advanced class on how to cram all
that into sbtyears.
occurrences
door for any number of females.
These odds explain the strange fact
that most people-go through a door that
they have seen people in front of them
open successfully. "
Of all the great books and journals
found in our Brown Library the one you
really need is curiously absent. Many of
these absences can be attributed to the
fact that approximately 74 percent of the
library's items are free-floating and can
turn up just about afty where.
A simple equation usually will lead
you to the missing item. Multiply the
call number by .34 (curiously Nolan
Ryan's number is 34) and add your age.
If the formula fails to work a thorough
search beginning with any shelf you
choose usually will end with the book
in your hand.
Approximately 70 percent of all of the
students who go to Chapel will find a
songbook. Each student Will find a song-
book about 60 percent of the time.
Somehow that math works out. But if
count on. It means you can share secrets
that have never been exposed before It
means loving someone for who they are.
They will be there for you during an
emotional time or during a "just
because" time;
Tabitha and I started our relationship
living together but not knowing one
another From this experience we have a
strong relationship Being thrown
together and having to get along and
actually doing it because we wanted to
makes' the relationship have more mean-
ing. This weekend was a perfect time to
bring back old memories. It was amaz-
ing how many things we did Amazing
how tlie other person can remember the
silly incidents that you tried blocking
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Politics. I enjoy watching the n
campaigns for national and state officqs.
During the last seven years we have had1
some how can 1 put this gently?
rnthrr iclenrv characters run for office.
We have also had some very entertain-t li
3f I
ing candidates for office. How about
Walter "One State" Mondale? Or
Michael"! am a Liberal" Dukakis? Or 4
my personal lavonic v.iayiou n-was-
only-a-joke" Williams. "
The much-talked about much-
maligned parking' situation at our '-
beloved ACU. I've been here four ycars
and itstill hasn't gotten any.bettw. If IvJ
were a school administrator I would jI
ju!t make the old Judge Ely Boulevard '
into one huge parking lot for the base- ' ;
ball field Biblical Studies and Business'
buildings. 'v'
Speaking of the Judge Ely reno-
vation wasn't that supposed to start latH
year? ln
And just think you only have to waH(Jl
until March 2? to read another one of -V
my instgnttui tnougnt-provoktng
columns."
Man I can't think of anything to
write ' '
explained
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you can't sing and you know it and yqu
care and you sit by an attractive pcrson-L.
of an opposite sex whom you would likeC
to see again you will have to share a "
songbook Tragic. ' "
Cars in the wrong parking nrea will be3
ticketed only about 12 percent of the
time. Cars that have been ticketed once O:
arc threc-aod-a-half times as likely to ;
get another ticket. Of all the students
who arc supposed to pay tickets 99 out.l'
of every 100 students will pay. The otheA
student will move away or bawl ' ' -hideously
until he or she convinces the' 3 '
Security Police to let him or her off. "'
A large circus-like structure lands odf
the Big Purpjc Stomping Grounds once?'
every year -as of yet unexplained and 4;
somewhat annoying.
Of all the Optimists distributed 78 '
percent are picked up. Forty-five percc.
of them arc read and 23 percent qfihmif
are enjoyed. Three out of every six items'
on the Opinion page arc read and one of ''
every three columns ends too abruptly. it I
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out of your mind. We had a godd laugH-V
at each other's expense Even the slm- i)L
plcst things in our lives can be so much if
fun r.!
Three o'clock In the morning came '
and passed by quickly Tabitha andT J
were still up talking. As rreshmen we a'
used to crawl in our beds after hours of !'' '
talking and talk for more endless hours ' '
We both knew the other was tired but i t
couiun 1 stop talking. Nothing had t
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the busy times of your life remember ' '
friends will always be there for you. ' L'
They are there to cheer you up and help lt '
embarrass you and arc always there fora"' .'
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 39, Ed. 1, Tuesday, February 19, 1991, newspaper, February 19, 1991; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth96233/m1/2/: accessed May 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.