The rout was on Football team slaughters McMurry 51-0 vol. 101, no. 4
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curriculum
CORE undergoing more changes
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melany cox online managing editor Administration has made more changes to the Core curriculum this year, including the aiddition of special topics, new order of courses and a smaller number of required hours. The Core curriculum is part of the general education program. Dr. Nancy Shankle, assistant provost for general education, said
while not a lot of changes are being made to the general education program, several adjustments have been made to Core. Shankle said as they were reviewing curriculum and assessment results from last year, they realized they had some things out of order in the curriculum. In the past, freshmen would take Cornerstone during their fall semester, and write a research paper. However, they would usual-
ly take English 112, the class that would teach them the skills of writing a research paper, during the spring semester. Instead of writing a research paper before receiving instruction about writing a college research paper, Cornerstone students are now being assigned to create an annotated bibliography of sources they could use to answer a research question. English 112 is now a prerequisite for
the second Core course, in which students will be required to write a research paper. Shankle said administration added new Spotlight speakers and revisions to the Core class curriculum. “Every year, teachers will revise their curriculum to see what’s working, what needs to be sharpened,” she said. “We’ve sharpened some of the assignments there and we’re providing more resources for teach-
ers and the teachers are working together to prepare notes, so that’s all behind the scenes.” Shankle said these changes were introduced to help the teachers, because there are many new teachers in Cornerstone this year. Over 30 sections of Cornerstone are being offered this semester. In the Core curriculum, Shankle said the faculty see core page 5
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OPINION ACU’s move to Division I won’t immediately affect most current students
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OPINION Samantha Sutherland challenges you to revive Abilene’s music scene page 4
OPINION Lindsay Palmer argues small actions are first steps toward help Page 4
SPORTS Lexi Sterling scores goal in final minute to give soccer team win
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SPORTS
mandy lambright CHIEF Photographer Freshman Ashlee Nacole, member of the ACU cheerleading squad, joins fellow cheerleaders, athletes and fans in singing “Oh Dear Christian College” after the Wildcats’ s 51-0 shutout of McMurry in Shotwell Stadium. For full analysis of the game go to Page 6.
Reslife
Res halls install security cameras samantha sutherland features editor The Office of Residence Life Education and Housing and the ACU Police Department began working together this summer to equip all residence life dorms with security camera systems to improve campus security. John Delony, assistant
dean for Residence Life and Education, said the project, which is expected to be finished within the next month or so, will not be complete until all residence hall facilities have full security camera systems set in place. “We aren’t doing it to track the coming and going of students, it is more about safety and it allows students
to know they are in a safe place,” Delony said. Partial systems have been in place in Sikes, Barrett and Mabee Halls for the past five years or so, and new systems will be added to the remaining halls. “It is one more layer ACU is putting on for the safety of students,” Delony said. “It’s easy to take it for granted; many assume that
nothing can go wrong on a Christian campus.” Delony said installing cameras is something he has wanted to do for a while and this past year they were finally able to fund the project. “I’ve felt since I got here, that I would feel safer with our students having a secure camera system,” Delony said. “We take security
pretty seriously. I’ve never heard someone say they wish we didn’t have cameras, and the student surveys about how safe they feel here always come back astronomically high.” Delony said desk managers at each of the dorms will have access to a monitor see security page 5
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New partnership to help fight poverty marissa jones
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ACU has partnered with CitySquare to help eradicate poverty in Dallas. Students, especially those who are a part of the Honors College, are joining with CitySquare to utilize their majors to help develop relationships with the people and community. Larry James, the director of CitySquare, was invited to speak in Chapel and explained the purpose of CitySquare on Tuesday. “CitySquare is a faith based nonprofit human and community development corporation,” James said. “We’re here to stand
CitySquare’s goal of creating relationships with and opportunities for the impoverished in a way that preserves their humanity and allows them to help others. “There’s got to be something going back and forth in terms of resources, and in that mix everybody is changed,” James said. “It’s all about building community. It’s all about recognizing the importance of individualism but understanding the way to really mandy lambright chief Photographer achieve individualism is to Larry James, a representative from CitySquare in Dallas, speaks to students in Chapel be connected to a commuas a part of Missions Week. nity you really value.” Dr. Stephen Johnson, with our neighbors to erty and to help folks move dean of the Honors College, overcome poverty to strike out of it.” expressed his excitement at the root causes of povJames emphasized about the partnership in a
video produced by the Honors College. “As I began to learn more and more about CitySquare and all the different systemic ways they’re approaching poverty, it occurred to me, as it did to many of my colleagues, that this represented departments in which we were teaching and degrees that we offered,” Johnson said. “Almost any degree we offer, you can find an expression there. Students can step into a place where their learning meets life and meets God’s love and desire to mend the world.”
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social clubs
Delta Theta unable to renew club charter alikay wood copy editor Women’s social club Delta Theta will be unable to recharter this fall. It has been almost a year since Delta Theta lost their charter when their sponsors resigned. Although members of the club have
been working since January to regain their charter, as of now there are not enough members for them to become an active club again. ACU professor of communications Kristina Davis, a former Delta Theta sponsor, says that she was not contacted to be a sponsor during the attempt to recharter. She was not sur-
prised by this since it was her resignation that led to the club eventually losing its charter. “Delta Theta is a great club that prides itself in being genuine and authentic, and in my experience they can come back stronger than ever,” Davis said. “That’s what I want most for them.”
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Club members said they won’t stop trying to rejoin the other social clubs on campus. “We fought for our place in Delta Theta so we will fight to stay,” said Brittany Ellis, senior family studies major from Haslet. “I would not say it is any different than what any member of any other club would do.”
The remaining members of Delta Theta began the process of contacting new sponsors and attempting to renew their charter in January. Ellis said they had been moving in a good direction all semester and thought they’d be able to return to campus in the fall in time see charter page 5