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OTHE
PTIMIST
Vol. 94 No. 8
1 section 8 pages
WEDNESDAY
September 14 2005
www.acuoptimlst.com
Domination
The men and women cross country teams
placed first overall this weekend page 8
Thwarting thieves
A bicycle identification program has begun
to help reduce thefts on campus page 3
Serving up wins
The tennis team placed first or
second in several matches page 8
f
SA allocates
At Saturday' annul fall
retreat Centres unanimous ly
approved the Students' Association
budfet which Mt aside $7500 to
Mfin an SA endowment fund.
By TIFFANY TAYLOR
FrArtRts 1 niton
Student organisations have
been allotted about SIS.OOO
of the total students' associa-
tion budget for the fall 200i
semester a drop when com
Tulane
students
enroll in
classes
ACU opened enrollment from
Sent 1 through last week to
students from universities that
doted because of Hurricane
Katrinaandfloodma.
By JACI SCHNEIDER
Cory Lpitdk
Two students began class-
es Monday onl) three weeks
late. The students a fresh-
man exercise science major
and a senior prc-med major-
transferred from Tulane Unl-
ersit) in New Orleans after
the university closed for the
semester.
After seere flooding shut
down fulane's campus and
the cit) of New Orleans uni-
versities all ocr the countr)
stepped in to receive dis-
placed students
Dr. 'a)ne Barnard dean
of Campus Lite said Kicc Uni
ersit) in Houston first began
accepting 1 ulane students be-
cause the two universities are
sister schools and soon other
schools in Iexas began taking
students as well
"Of course we were cr)
willing to also accept those
students" Barnard said "I
think it's great that we're part
of the universities that gave
students a place to come."
ACU announced the enroll
ment option Sept. 1 and gave
students until last Frida) to
appl).
"We weren't aware at the
time how man) would come"
Barnard said.
Theunlverslt) worked with
each student individual!) to
figure out financial aid Bar-
nard said But the state was
also involved in the process.
Robert Hell director ot en
rollment operations Dr. Tom
Winter professor of social
work and assistant provost;
See TULANE page 4
Campus
Cenikvctlon from East North
IMh Street to AmMor Avenue
esrjecwaniafiBaTwpiaepMnMr
wfH fjvo tks afreet a now surface
Itfhttng curbs and gutters.
By MITCH HOLT
Ol ISCOS hDITOR
The City of Abilene is grind-
ing up Campus Court's old
surface and replacing It from
East North ICth Street to Am-
bler Avenue; these renovations
will include new curbs gutters
pared to the S4(i000 given
to student organizations in
spring JOOS and the S-10000
given In fall J004. A
A tighter budget this S
semt-sterfcaused in
part b the deci-
sion to use S""i()0
of students' asso
elation funds to ere
ate an endowment the
budget trimmed certain
programs and nhed others.
In addition this semester's
Please feed
Jal Ion Ford 5 feeds a goat a pellet of food at the Taylor County 4-H Club's petting zoo at the West Texas Fair
Taylor County Expo Center The fair runs until Sunday For more pictures from the fair please see page 5
Court receives makeover
street lights asphalt and more
costing Just less than half a
million dollars and estimated
to be completed b) the end of
September.
Jimni) Ulison chief of the
ACU Police said that safct) ol
students is the No 1 priority in
this project.
The addition of the new
Barrel Hall sophomore wom-
en's housing has increased
the number of students cross-
ing the street on a daily basis.
Man) are concerned about
$35000 to groups
S'))73S budget does not In-
clude extra cushion from a
rolloer from last year only
k money received from stu-
dent fees.
. Nfcv Justin Scott pres-
ident explained
spending money
this semester on an
endowment.
"As more and more
groups want to do more how
do we supplement instead
the safet) of the street.
"Student safet)' Is alw a) s top
priori!)" Uli
son said "It's
import a n t
to note that
there were
live separate
crosswalks
on Campus
Court before
it was torn up.
Regardless of
BHson
how man) walks are provided
people need to use them for
ol raising actilt fees" Scott
said "That's going to take
commitment because I'm not
going to see It come to frui-
tion in in) time here at ACU.
I he general expenses
fund used for unforeseeable
programs such as the Trcva-
than hind last ) ear was given
less funds In the budget and
the Congressional Budget was
not Included I he Congres
slonal lludget which was first
Included in the Spring JOOi
the animals
1
themtobeeilectivc."
Crosswalks will not be lln
ished until the new pavement
is laid down but students must
show extra care when the) are
walking to and from campus
Ellison said
Bontkc Construction Com
pan) is the contracting com
pan)' in charge of these renova
tlons and it Is taking the safet)
of each student very seriousl)
Ulison said
See STREET page 4
budget allowed Congress
to hac direct control ocr
53000.
Congress oted unani-
mous!) to approve the bud-
gel presented to it b) T)lcr
Cosgrove treasurer thus ap-
prising the students' associa-
tion budget lor each student
organization included and
otlicr areas the students' as-
sociation Is involved
.Si'.' BUDGET page 4
r: - -1
BRIAN SCHMIDTChM Photographer
and Rodeo on Tuesday at the
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BRIAN SCHMIOtChM Photograplw
A Bontke Brothers construction crew paves a curb and sidewalk along
Campus Court which will remain under construction through September.
SA BmOJOI H110
Total amount of
funds available
for Congress to
distribute $99756
Amount set aside
for endowment $7500
Total allotted to
student groups $35005
Total amount
requested by
student groups $75345
Avg percentage
cut from each
group's request 44 percent
sJom"
nppinp
nArinr
is not
for them
din his chosen to pMft a tocM
cms ws ysv isf rBMOHs such m
By EMERALD McGOWEN
Sivuf Writer
Across campus students
have posted signs passed out
fl)ers and roamed around in
hula skirts or high heels-
pledging time has arriv ed.
But not all students partic-
ipate in social clubs and the)
have many reasons not to
pledge from bus) schedules
to the cost of participating in
club
Mike Spell advisor of so
cial clubs said about 310
women and 150 men plan to
pledge this semester. Pledg-
ing students total less than
half of the sophomore class
and only about 10 percent of
the student bod).
Raymond Jameson sopho-
more history major from Aus-
tin said he will not pledge
this )car because of time
commitments.
"Pledging would have been
a nice experience" Jameson
said "and I would have made
some good friends from it
but I alrcad) have a hard
enough time managing my
school-work. Being in a social
club is something that would
get in the wa of my life and
m grades.
Emil) Smith sophomore
photojournalism major from
Garland said she will not
pledge this ear because of
the cost of social clubs.
"I'm kind of neutral on
the subject of social clubs"
Smith said "I think for some
See CLUBS page 4
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