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vol. 103, no. 9
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what’s INSIDE NEWS Admissions office donates to non-profits as alternative recruiting tool Page 3
SPORTS ‘Cats start conference play with rival Incarnate Word
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SPORTS Soccer travels to Sam Houston State to open up conference play Page 6
OPINION The Editorial Board supports and encourages new visitation rules
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Freshmen performers in this year’s Freshman Follies rehearse their individual and residence hall acts in Cullen Auditorium on Wednesday night. They will perform in four shows this weekend, one on Friday night and three on Saturday.
‘Road Trip’ to Freshmen Follies Kynzie newman student reporter
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SPORTS Men’s and women’s tennis head to Norman and Las Cruces Page 6
With nearly 400 freshman participants this year, Freshman Follies is ready to get the show on the road, literally. Freshman Follies is a variety show that features hall acts and specialty acts. Hall acts are performances by groups of people, such as singing and dancing. For this act, anything goes. The only requirement is that the theme, “road trip,” is portrayed through their perfor-
managing editor
Marissa Jones worries that aging is upon us
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NEWS U.S. News ranks ACU high in the country’s best colleges Page 3
what’s online VIDEO The arrival of the Summit crowd means less parking for everyone
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mance. Specialty acts can be performed by individual or group talents. This category of the show has a wider variety because it showcases unique abilities and is not limited to singing and dancing. This ACU tradition takes place at the beginning of the year. Freshmen have an opportunity to connect and get involved with fellow classmates as well as those working the show. “Being a co-chair for Follies has been such an awe-
some experience,” said freshman Madison Losher. “I’ve loved getting to work alongside other freshmen and also upperclassmen who have been a huge help in the planning.” The show is expected to be better than those in the past with the promise of a quality stage setup. “We have a really cool backdrop for the ‘road trip’ theme this year,” said Nick Tatum, manager and director for Freshman Follies. “We’re spending more money for the set-up than we ever
have before. It’s going to look more professional, more production-y.” Additionally, a new performance has been added to the show this year. All participants in Freshman Follies will unite for a group specialty act. The group will two-step to the song “She’s Like Texas,” by Josh Abbott Band. ACU facilitated its first school-sponsored dance in its 106-year history just a few years ago after the no-dance policy was lifted. Since then, dancing has quickly been
adopted into student productions and events and has become a prominent part of the university’s most known traditions. Freshman Follies will have four shows in Cullen Auditorium, starting with the $5 discount preview show at 7 p.m. Friday. Three shows will take place at 11 a.m., 1:15 p.m. and 7 p.m on Saturday. Tickets are $10 for adults, and $5 with a student ID. contact the optimist at jmcnetwork@acu.edu
SA finalizes fall budget, 49% to student orgs allison brown
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The 91st Students’ Association Congress passed the fall 2014 budget Wednesday night after adding three amendments to the original proposal. Members proposed and debated seven amendments, but four failed to pass during voting. Each semester, Students’ Association has a $90,000 budget that funds SA and other groups on campus. SA received over $141,500 in requests from student groups. Congress was able to allocate $43,538, or about 49 percent of its budget, to the various student organizations that applied for funds. For nearly two hours,
Congress members and group representatives discussed, questioned, and debated the allocated funds. During the process of debate, some Congress members stumbled through motions and questioning. Rodney Johnson, SA president, and Beau Carter, SA vice president, repeatedly had to interrupt students during question and debate to give instruction on how to properly engage in the session. “We operated off some willy-nilly rules in the past,” said Johnson, senior finance major from Odessa. “We allowed student groups to ask questions to other groups and combat each other and see budget page 3
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Fabiola Vargas, representative for Barrett Hall, debates against a motion at the Students’ Association fall budget meeting on Wednesday night.
Estimated $260,000 saved on energy bills this year madeline orr editor in chief Turning off the lights at night, replacing old equipment and a strategic partnership have led to an estimated $260,000 in cost-avoidance for the university over the last eight months. Significant savings on energy bills has come after launching an energy saving initiative in January and the addition of Ben Rude, an oncampus Cenergistic energy specialist, in April. Cenergistic Energy Conservation company works
within schools, churches and healthcare facilities to save energy and money on their campuses. According to a Cenergistic press release, it has helped its clients save more than $3.5 billion by reducing their energy consumption by an average of 20 percent to 40 percent. Rude, a 2011 ACU graduate, is employed by Cenergistic, but ACU is his sole client. He said he looks to catch the most savings during nights, weekends and unoccupied hours. He audits buildings late at night and early in the morning to evaluate each building’s performance.
“My main goal is to make sure that things are off when they’re suppose to be off and when they are on making sure they are running as efficiently as possible,” he said. Kevin Roberts, vice president of planning and operations, said the initiative is separated into two categories: mechanical and behavioral. “We can address all the mechanical maintenance side,” Roberts said. “But Cenergistic comes in and tries to help us on the behavioral piece.” Cenergistic gets paid a percentage of ACU’s energy savings.
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“You only share with them the savings, the avoided costs,” he said. “So if the savings aren’t as great, or costs go up, their share goes down.” The percentage is calculated by a third-party software called EngergyCAP. It tracks the savings and compares them to historical data from bills, usage and costs. The software also factors out the physical upgrades so vany savings shared with Cenergistic have to come from the behavioral changes. For example, when Gardner Hall received all new LED lighting this summer, that information is entered into
EnergyCAP. It is factored in as a mechanical change and documents that Cenergistic will not receive a portion of those savings. “To make sure that it’s comparing apples to apples, it calculates for weather and building upgrades,” said Rude. “The fact that it comes from a third party means it’s pretty impartial.” Rude said they prefer to use the term “cost-avoidance” when referring to money that has been saved, and “savings” when referring to actual energy usage. see energy page 3
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8:30 p.m. Choir Summit performance in Cullen Auditorium
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5 p.m. Bid Night 6:30 p.m. Soccer vs. Sam Houston State 7 p.m. First Freshman Follies performance
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Freshman Follies is a musical variety show performed entirely by ACU freshmen every fall. This year’s theme is “Freshman Follies: Road Trip,” and will take place on Sept. 19-20. Join us as the freshman class takes you on a journey across the 50 states. For more information about getting involved with Freshman Want to work for Summit Follies or purchasing tickets, 2014? Visit the ad on my.acu. go to acu.edu/follies. edu to apply to work at the 108th Annual Summit Sept. Books in the library are be21-24. ing relocated to movable compact shelving on the If you are a fan of hockey or want to learn how to play, you should join the ACU Hockey Club! The team plays at the DII college level of Inline Roller Hockey. Email our club president, Ryan Podany, at rap10c@acu.edu or our team captain, Tim Holt, at tdh10b@ acu.edu for more information.
first floor of the library. The move will take place through September and October and will make it difficult to access some of the books. The move will open up more of the library for study spaces on the first and third floors. We apologize for any inconvenience and ask that you seek librarian assistance at the main floor research desk if you are not able to easily find what you are looking for.
the Center for International Education (Admin 124) and pairs native and non-native English speakers so they can learn about each others’ cultures. It is a great way for non-native speakers to practice their English language skills and learn about U.S. culture in an informal social setting, and native speakers can learn about another culture. Contact Leanne Moore at lmm10b@acu.edu or 324674-2821 if you are interested The Conversation Partners or have more questions. Program is offered through
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SELECTED ACUPD CALLS FOR THE WEEK 09/11/2014 2:07 p.m. ACUPD officers issued a criminal trespass warning to a house guest who refused the tenant’s request to leave the premises. 09/12/2014 8:15 a.m. Construction workers reported the theft of a contractor’s utility vehicle (cart) from inside Bennett Gym. ACUPD recovered the vehicle in a creek bed near Stevenson Park. 09/12/2014 2:15 p.m. A student’s locked bicycle was stolen from the bike rack at the front of Smith-Adams Hall. 09/16/2014 10:45 a.m. An out of state caller reported unauthorized charges on his credit card, probably via Internet sale, at the Campus Book Store. 09/16/2014 3:10 p.m. A campus grounds employee reported the theft of keys from an ACU-owned utility Gator on the north side of the Campus Center. 09/17/2014 8:14 p.m. ACUPD investigated the report of a subject riding a blue motorcycle between Moody Coliseum and Sherrod Building. 09/17/2014 11:30 p.m. A student reported the receiving of harassing texts. Weekly Stats For Week of Sept. 11 - Sept. 18, 2014 - Total Events: 432 CRIMINAL TRESPASS WARNING 1 ABANDONED VEHICLE 1 DISCHARGE OF FIREARM 1 ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITY 8 ESCORT 1 ALARM 4 FOOT PATROL 26 ASSIST 4 FORGERY 1 ATTEMPT TO LOCATE 1 FOUND PROPERTY 2 BARRICADES 1 HARASSMENT 1 BUILDING LOCK/UNLOCK 20 HIT & RUN 1 BURGLARY (BUSINESS) 1 INFORMATION REPORT 3 BURGLARY (MOTOR VEHICLE) 1 INVESTIGATION FOLLOW UP 11 BURGLARY (STORAGE SHIELD) 1 LOST PROPERTY 2 CHECK BUILDING 186 MAINTENANCE UNIV. ASSETS: CCTV 7 CITATION ISSUANCE 4 MAINTENANCE UNIV. ASSETS 1
MEDICAL EMERGENCY 1 MONITOR FACILITY/LOT 2 MOTORIST ASSIST: INFLATE TIRE 2 MOTORIST ASSIST: JUMPSTART 5 MOTORIST ASSIST: OTHER 1 MOTORIST ASSIST: UNLOCK 12 NOISE VIOLATION 2 OTHER 5 PARKING LOT PATROL 19 PARKING VIOLATION 4 PATROL VEHICLE: REFUEL 6 PROWLER 2 RANDOM PATROL 57
REPORT WRITING 11 SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY 2 SUSPICIOUS PERSON 4 THEFT (NON VEHICLE) 4 WELFARE CHECK 2 Police Chief Tip of the Week: Remember to expect significant parking congestion next Monday through Wednesday during Summit. Plan ahead, arrive early and expect to walk further.
Volunteer Opp0rtunities Big Brothers Big Sisters “Lunch Buddy” program is looking for volunteers. Each volunteer is matched an elementary-age child. Volunteers spend just 30 minutes per week eating lunch with their “little brother” or “little sister” at local elementary schools, while mentoring through the simple act of friendship. Participants can enjoy playing card games, reading books and visiting during lunch. Each volunteer can choose their own “lunch buddy day” that fits best with their schedule. 138 children are on the waiting list Contact Jamie Bearden at 325-6743113 or jbearden@bbbstx.org for more information. Communities in Schools needs 1020 reading and lunch buddies at Ortiz Elementary. Volunteers are needed anytime between 9 a.m. and 2:30pm weekdays. Contact Sheila Ashford at 325-671-4945 ext.5351 or sheila.ashford@abileneisd.org for more information. Friends for Life needs volunteers to work with the elderly and people with disabilities, focusing on those that don’t have family or friends to care for them. Some live in nursing homes and some live independently. For nursing home clients, we have friendly visitation, reading to the blind, entertainment, play games, help write letters, special holiday recognition, adopt a grandparent and Gifts for Grannies and
Grandpas at Christmas. For those living independently, we have minor household repairs, transportation to the grocery store or doctor appointments, run errands, reassurance calls, change light bulbs and mow lawns. Dates and times are flexible and able to work around students’ schedules. Contact Cecilia Barahona at 325-672-2635 or cecilia@ friendsforlife.org for more information. Girl Scouts is seeking volunteers to help make a difference in the life of young girls. Girl Scouts offers several flexible ways to volunteer. You choose how: a 1 day event, 6 week series or year-round troop! Volunteer positions are ongoing and varied. Contact the Michelle Lawson in the Girl Scout Office for current opportunities at 325670-0432 and mlawson@gs-top.org. Keep Abilene Beautiful is looking for volunteers to help with litter clean-ups. Small to large groups are both needed. Contact Nicole Eaves at 325-734-3301 and nicole.eaves@abilenetx.com for more information. Kingdom Kids (Beltway Park Baptist Church) is looking for assistance with Sunday morning activities for Kingdom Kids (physically and emotionally challenged children). 5-6 volunteers are needed. Contact: Sharla Sanders at beltwaykids@beltway.org for more information.
Meals on Wheels Plus, Inc. is looking for volunteers to help deliver meals to the elderly and home-bound in Abilene, and to volunteer in their kitchen or pantry. Contact: Jessica Stewart at 325-672-5050 or volunteer@ mealsonwheelsplus.com for additional information. REACH @ Abilene North Apartments is seeking volunteers. Volunteers will be a part of building relationships with at-risk kids and their families through a unique and developing apartment ministry. The program takes place Mondays from 4:30 p.m.-6 p.m. Contact Caroline Thompson at 281-782-2956 or crt12a@ acu.edu for more details. Special Olympics is seeking volunteers for two upcoming events. The first is September 26-27. They will be hosting a Bocce Ball tournament at Centennial Park. 20 volunteers per day are needed to keep score, hand out medals, escort athletes and cheer! The second event is November 6-8. They are hosting a bowling tournament at the Abilene Bowling Lanes. 30-35 volunteers are needed per day to sit with the athletes at the lanes, make sure each athlete bowls on his/her turn and handle issues of stuck balls and lane malfunctions. Contact Luann Chastain at 325-6773200 or lchastain@sotx.org to volunteer.
The Alliance for Women and Children is seeking volunteers for after-school child care for Pre-K-5th grade children, 6th-8th grade children and A-Teens Middle School Girls Program. For more information about times and location, contact Toni Brown at 325-677-5321 or info@afwconline.org. The International Rescue Committee in Abilene needs your help in welcoming refugees to our community. We are seeking the following donations: hygiene and cleaning supplies, bed linen, towels and kitchen items (dishware, silverware, pots/pans etc). Donations are accepted Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 2-4 p.m. or by appointment. Their office is located at 3303 N. 3rd St. Suite D. For more information contact Marie-Pascale Manishimwe at 325-675-5643. Love and Care Ministries is looking for volunteers to help with sorting clothing, stocking their food pantry, assisting in prayers in their prayer room and serving food to the homeless. For more information call 325-670-0246.
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Summit to further complicate parking Ellison, chief of police. Of the lost spots, 305 stem from the impact of the track stadium construcThe competition for parking tion. However, 170 of the 305 spots will heat up Monday spots, which will be gone with the start of Summit. permenately, are not considWith the loss of about 360 ered a huge loss, Ellison said. spots to construction, stu- These are spots that were dents, faculty and visitors rarely used on a day-to-day will have to adjust to the lack basis, but will most likely afof parking space. fect big events such as Sum“It will be tough, and it mit. will be frustrating for some, “During the large-scale but I still think we have ad- special events is when we’re equate parking,” said Jimmy really going to feel the pain
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and Summit is going be our first painful experience,” Ellison said. In addition to parking on campus, visitors will have access to shuttle services. Guests may park at University Church of Christ and Hillcrest Church of Christ. The shuttles are run throughout the day bringing visitors to campus, helping to alleviate parking stress. Lack of parking is not something Brady Bryce, director of ministry events and
assistant professor of practical theology, thinks will keep attendees at bay. Summit draws people in from all over the state, community and the three Abilene universities – Hardin-Simmons, McMurry and Abilene Christian. Bryce said about 1,000 to 1,200 people register to attend, in addition to students and faculty, but many people attend who do not register. This year, Bryce plans
on incorporating new aspects to Summit, including more student speakers. Regardless of the turnout for Summit, Bryce is confident in this year’s speakers’ abilities. “I intend for people to leave from Summit thinking about how they’re going to live differently as a person, as a human being and as a Christian,” Bryce said. With speakers drawing guests in from various
places, Ellison encourages the ACU family to remain flexible throughout Summit and through the rest of the parking and construction situation. “I’d like to ask for everyone, like we always do when we have special events on campus, not to take parking frustrations out on our welcome guests,” Ellison said. contact gasvoda at mlb12d@acu.edu
Admissons donates to alumni nonprofits daniel block staff reporter The admissions office has revamped its initiative to attract potential students by taking a more charitable approach. Prospective students no longer receive the typical viewbook from the university. Now, they get a personalized letter with the option to choose one of three charities for the admissions office to donate to. This is the third year of the new admissions initiative. Tamara Long, director of admissions, recognized the
admissions office was too much like other schools in giving out viewbooks. “Most universities for years and years have sent students viewbooks right before they are juniors in high school and as they apply,” Long said. “But it’s a very expensive endeavor. Students are getting 75 of these, potentially, especially if they are academically capable students. We decided we’re just like one in a dozen. We’re spending around $150,000 to produce and send the viewbook out.” Instead of being part of the crowd, the admis-
sions office turned to the idea of sending out a letter with charitable options for the student. The letter to each prospective student encourages him or her to make a difference in the world by donating the money that otherwise would have been spent on an expensive viewbook. At first, only one charity was available. “Two years ago we partnered with the Red Thread Movement,” Long said. “(Now) we see that there are a lot of students that want that autonomy of making a decision where their money is going to go, so instead,
we are giving them three choices of organizations.” Prospective students may choose to send an Afghan child to school for a year through Eternal Threads, provide tents and sleeping bags to homeless youth and young adults through Dry Bones Denver or send medical supplies to be used in disaster relief efforts around the world through LiveBeyond. All three charities are nonprofit organizations founded by ACU alumni. “We want to share the incredible stories of ACU’s students and alumni because they tell the authen-
tic story of who we are as a university and, hopefully, inspire high school students to live up to God’s calling for their lives,” said Kris Evans, director of enrolment marketing. The Admissions Office pledges to donate up to $10,000 to each organization, dependent upon student response. Research shows nearly 80 percent of viewbooks received by high school students go unread, regardless of the university they come from. From a $150,000 expense, that is $120,000 wasted. The new approach to attracting stu-
dents solves much of the cost issue. It may be early in the process, but initial statistics show the decision has not hurt enrolment at ACU. Last year, the Admissions Office saw a record number of incoming students. This year shows only a minimal decrease. “We’re telling the ACU story,” Long said. “We’re giving students a chance to choose something, and we’re being different.”
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Budget: SA makes document public to all students from page 1 there was kind of a lot of disorder.” Johnson and Carter tried to enforce the constitutional bylaws to help the process run smoother, but members still ran into a few hiccups in executing procedures properly. “The problem is that we’re trying to operate on what our constitution and rules of order allow us to operate by,” Johnson said. “And there are some congressmen who didn’t make it to retreat
or didn’t really know the process, so that kind of made for some sluggishness.” Despite issues on the floor, members still managed to present seven amendments to the bill, all involving the shuffling around of fairly small sums of money. The largest dollar amount in question was $300 to be taken from League of Wildcats, a student group for gamers on campus. The amendment to move the funds to Phi Eta Sigma Honors Society and Black Students’ Association passed
with 20 in favor, nine opposing and five abstaining. Two additional amendments passed moved $96 from Freshman Action Council to We Are Not Alone support group and $100 from Country Club two-step group to the American Society of Interior Designers. Andrew Tate, executive treasurer of the Students’ Association, said he felt all changes made were consistent with the criteria he considered when making the budget. Tate focused more on organizations promoting
Energy: More savings projected on campus from page 1 “What we’re doing is measuring the value of something not used. It’s not like every month we are writing a check to ACU,” Rude said. The amount of energy ACU saved from January through August is equivalent to 1,380 metric tons of carbon dioxide, or 287 passenger cars taken off the road and not driven for one year. Jan Noel-Smith, Cengergistic’s media correspondent, said EngergyCAP projects ACU will have a net savings of $6.4 million over the next 10 years. Roberts compared Cenergisitc to a personal trainer. “Can you work out on your own? Yes. Will you do it? Probably not.” He said having a company dedicated to helping ACU look at energy usage and think about it, has made all the difference. “Truth is we could probably do all of this and not
include them on the savings, but 100+ years has told us we’re not disciplined enough to do it,” Roberts said. Communication challenges Rude said communication with departments and building managers has been a challenge in the process of making behavioral changes. He relys on building managers to let him know when a building is scheduled to be in use after five or on the weekends so that it can be properly air-conditioned. Rude said part of his job is reminding people that it is the senior leadership team who created set points that temperatures in buildings must comply with. They should be between 72 and 76 degrees in the summer and between 68 and 72 degrees in the winter. “For some people who don’t like the fact that things are warming up a little, it’s not to make things super uncomfortable, they’re just
people that 72 is way to hot for them,” he said. Joe Cardot, chair of the Department of Communication and chair of the faculty Senate, said the Faculty is in favor of saving energy and money. “Any change we can make is positive with the consult that we don’t infringe or impede productivity,” Cardot said. “You don’t save money if you’re people aren’t productive.” He said a number of faculty have fussed, particularly on weekends because there are a number of faculty and graduate students who work on the weekend. “We need to, as faculty, begin thinking ahead about what we need to do or when we want to work more than we have in the past,” Cardot said. “We’re not going to save money if the system isn’t cycled on and off.” contact orr at mco10a@acu.edu
professional development in allocating SA’s funds than previous treasurers had done in the past. “One thing I love is professional development on campus,” said Tate, senior biology major from Abilene. “Because ultimately, we come to college to get an education, and that education is for the purpose of obtaining a job after graduation. You probably saw that reflected in the budget, but we tried to be fair to all groups.” In the final vote on the budget, Congress passed
Tate’s bill with 29 in favor, three opposing, and two abstaining. However, before the session adjourned, Caleb Orr, sophomore class president, made one final motion to make the budget public by being posted online via SA’s Facebook and Twitter page. Orr seemed to think no members in past Congress sessions had made motions of this nature before. “A budget is inherently a public document because it goes out to almost all of our student groups,” said
Orr, sophomore political science major from McKinney. “These student groups deserve the right to know what other groups are receiving especially since SA itself is a public institution. The best way to access all of the constituencies and student groups is to make the budget completely public so that any student can access it. Without congressional action, it would not have happened.” contact brown at akb12b@acu.edu
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A skeptical Congress is right to arm FSA, rebels the issue Congress approved Obama’s plan to equip Syrian rebels to fight against ISIS, the Islamic State in the Middle East, but many representatives in both parties don’t back the plan 100 percent.
our take Congress’s skepticism is legitimate and the goverment should consider where group who are already fighting the Islamic State could benefit most from U.S. policy
In the U.S. House of Representatives’ vote taken Wednesday, Congress approved Obama’s plan to combat ISIS by training Syrian rebels. The House was split 273 in favor and
156 in opposition of the amendment. Though the plan is now approved, exactly what it will look like in action is unsure. President Obama has made it very clear that
he does not want to deploy any American troops on the ground during this mission. Obama first promised to train and arm the Free Syrian Army (FSA) a year ago, but that effort was half-hearted and not necessarily followed through. “There will be no U.S. military personnel in Syria as part of this program,” he said Wednesday in a speech after the vote. “We’ve learned over the last decade, and through our successful campaign to degrade al-Qaeda, that
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Obama first promised to train and arm the Free Syrian Army a year ago, but that effort was halfhearted and not necessarily followed through.”
it is more effective to use America’s unique capabilities to take out terrorist targets in support of our partners’ efforts on the ground to secure their own future.” This plan to support Syrian rebels is met with
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hesitation for several reasons. First, Congress is hesitant to enter into another war in the Middle East. Some lawmakers are convinced that more military force will not do any good to stop the threat, and others, like Represen-
tative James P. Morgan (DVa.), said Obama’s plan is “the best choice of worse options.” While no one wants to begin a war, the majority of Congress members believe ISIS is a big enough threat to warrant some action. The best place to start is with our key allies, such as FSA, who are already on the ground running.
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Column
About this whole senioritis thing FUNNY HOW VAGABONDAGE THAT WORKS SAMANTHA SUTHERLAND EMILY SEIDEL
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t’s the fourth week of the first semester of the school year, and all I can think about is May. That glorious day in the spring when I’ll finally be done with school. As graduation creeps up, it’s extremely difficult for me not to act like I already have one foot out the door. You all know what I’m talking about. Senioritis. It’s that feeling when you hear your alarm go off at 7 a.m. and think to yourself, is it really worth it to get up and go to class? You’ve been dealing with 8 a.m. classes for
three years already, and it’s about time you get to sleep in. Or maybe you have a paper due, and you legitimately consider how much fluff you can put in there and still earn a passing grade. Basically, what is the minimum, acceptable effort you can put into this year and still get to wear that cap and gown? Despite the joking tone most people use when discussing senioritis, they’ll also agree that motivation and effort are hard to maintain when you’re so close to the end. So how do we battle
this onslaught of exhaustion, stress and sudden acceptance of mediocrity? We have to start by appreciating what we have here in front of us. At this school, we have teachers that care about us. We have an absolutely gorgeous campus with top-notch facilities and a Starbucks to keep the caffeine flowing through our veins. We get a great education at a place that also gives us complete freedom to worship. After we graduate, there’s a big, scary world out there waiting for us. We have to grow up, put on our big-kid pants and start our lives. The job market won’t be kind to all of us. The world certainly isn’t as tolerant of open Christianity as this school is. It won’t be so easy to make lifelong
I’ve been to the #ACU library more since Starbucks opened a few weeks ago than I did during my whole college career #motivation #priorities
friends anymore. We can debate all day @JamaVirginia about tuition rates, Chapel requirements and mandatory CORE class- Sept. 18 8:36 a.m. es, but in the end, we all Professor just advised get opportunities here us to sell plasma in we just wouldn’t get anyorder to buy books where else. It’s worth it. instead of renting them, When I think about because it’s worth it in that, I’m reminded of the the end. #ACUdifferstandards I should be ence holding myself to while I’m still here. We may not have these opportunities again, so we should take @SarahPaige7x7 full advantage of them, not just try to get by. Considering just how much I’ll be walking away from this spring, maybe For you dear, I would I’m not that anxious to eat bean food. get out of here after all.
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Column
Signs of aging: aches, memory loss and socks THAT’S WHAT VAGABONDAGE SAID SAMANTHA SHE SUTHERLAND MARISSA JONES
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think I’m getting old. The signs are all there. I have several gray hairs. When I stand up after sitting for an extended period of time, I feel stiff. I can’t stay up as late as I used to (I’m
completely useless after an all-nighter), I can’t sleep in as late as I used to (only until about 11 a.m.), I find myself always in need of a cardigan and I think my hearing is on the outs as well. And those are just the
external indicators. Internally, I feel the rapid aging, too. I don’t enjoy any of the music on the radio but rather find myself listening to NPR. And all of the shows on Disney Channel are completely foreign to me, but I still know they’re subpar to what we grew up with. And now, I really appreciate a good pair of socks. I think my memory’s fading: I instantly for-
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get people’s names, I constantly misplace my glasses and I’m starting to forget what happened in Season 2 of Breaking Bad. But I can’t quite remember if I’ve just always been this forgetful. The most depressing thing, however, isn’t that I’ve started worrying about my credit score, but that some things that used to be incredibly exciting to me just aren’t anymore. This might be the true sign of aging.
Remember Christmas Eve when you were five? Sleep was just impossible because you thought you were going to die from the excitement. But then you find out Santa Claus isn’t real, and some of the magic disappears – the anticipation was still great, just less so. But the years go by and your Christmas list gets shorter and shorter, and Christmas is still a great time of year, but you have no trouble go-
ing to sleep on Christmas Eve. In a little over a week, I’ll turn 22-years-old, and this year, it’s especially obvious to me how old I’ve gotten. The past few years, my excitement for my birthday has waned, but this year it’s at an all-time low. I think I’d be perfectly happy just receiving a contact jones at mnj10a@acu.edu
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Internet age leads to birth of electronica
UPCOMING EVENTS Friday, Sept. 19
The Peddler Show offers shopping for all types of people from noon to 7 p.m. with “The Perfect Street of Shops in the Abilene Civic Center. Admission is $6.
Richard Lyne Arts reporter Rock, country, rap and pop. For most of us, it feels like these genres have been around forever, but they’re all actually fairly recent innovations in music. All of them originated with black slaves. Displaced from their tribal homelands, these people kept the spirit of their lifestyle alive with rousing songs that touched their very spirits. From these slaves, we inherited Southern Gospel music, which held the roots of blues in its accounts of suffering. Blues evolved into country and rock, both of which were founded on the idea of the common people’s struggles in everyday life. Finally, they led to today’s modern pop music, which combines the upbeat sounds of rock with a happier mood and our more optimistic modern culture. But this isn’t the end of the story. As much as we’ve become used to our own time’s music, we also acknowledge the music of the past any time we listen to the Beatles, Michael Jackson, Bowling for Soup or any other artist from days gone by. Now, with the advances in information technology and communication offered by the Internet, music is leaping ahead into futuristic genres. Keeping in mind how far music has come, it might be wise to buckle up and keep an open mind as we go diving into unfamiliar territory. Don’t worry though – we’re bringing the past along with us. One type of emergent music in our own time is dubstep, house music, and other forms of electronica. At first glance, this seems obvious to those of us that have gotten used to hearing this type of music on a regular basis. But for the rest of music history, this is an unprecedented jump forward. Never before has music used electronics to actually generate sounds. Rock and roll was a huge advance because physical instruments could be amplified and distorted in enormously creative ways. But now, music can actually be created and performed by computers. The Japanese artist Hatsune Miku is insanely popular both in her own country and around the world, performing for massive audiences. She’s also a holographic projection. Her “voice” is an alteration of a real human voice, and the hologram can be made to say just about anything through the use of variations in pitch, tempo, and prerecorded samples. Electronic music is completely challenging the nature and definition of what it means to play music and create content. Now, an artist can rise to fame through their use of technical skills and technology, never once needing to appear personally in public. Electronica is just one example of how music is leaping ahead exponentially in our own time, so fast that we ourselves will soon have trouble keeping up with all of the new content being released and rising to fame. In fact, the use of autotuning software allows individuals at home the luxury of becoming “great” singers – before we know it, perhaps everyone truly will have 15 minutes of fame, through the rise of emergent music.
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Spoken Word Poetry Performance is at the Abilene Community Theatre beginning at 7 p.m. Admission is $5. Our Version performs at Mezamiz Coffee House in the evening. Admission is free, but purchase at Mezamiz is encouraged. Saturday, Sept. 20
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Members of Omega dancing at Sunday practice in the Rec Center.
Leading ladies of Omega Dance group seeks balance of faith, worship, and dance Catherine Blakemore Arts editor Omega Dance Company looks forward to a new year as they welcome new dancers, practice new routines and set their sights on a better season. This year, the group will be lead by Melissa Meyer, junior business major from Lubbock, Heather Johnston, junior kinesiology major from Houston, and Lauren Lundblade, senior speech pathology major from Southlake. “I’m excited about getting to know people better and really build as a community, not only as friends, but as accountability partners,” Johnston said. “I’m looking forward to being able to help each other spiritually and just grow dancing and with God.” This year, Omega will be performing in the fall at the homecoming parade and the annual culture show, but their big show will be in the spring. “We have auditions every semester, so we’re constantly getting new people,” Lundblade said. “The reason we do it every semester is we know that people’s schedules change and we want people to be able to be in it in the spring, if they’re too busy in the fall. Members may leave for a semester, and come back so it’s constantly changing.” This fall is no stranger to change with four new dancers; there are now have 11 dancers in the group. “I think a lot of people come to ACU thinking that they’re going to be done dancing, but they don’t know that there’s an opportunity here to dance and there didn’t used to be,” Lundblade said. “I think it’s awesome that there’s not only the opportunity for people to keep
dancing but it’s an opportunity to fuse your faith and dance and use it as a form of praise, which is not something that you don’t get to do at any other university that I know of.” With their mission statement claiming ‘Omega seeks to glorify God by creating community, educating others and praising His name through dance,’ the women have done nothing short of that in each practice. “The mission statement summarizes everything really well,” Johnston said. “What we do is creating community and just everything we do for God. At least that’s how it is for me.” The dance group takes their mission seriously and integrates it into their practices. “We started writing everyone’s names on the board and you pick a name and put a dot next to it and, throughout practice, you’re thinking of words of affirmation to give that person,” Lundblade said. “At the end, you meet with your person and ask for prayer requests and tell them something good you saw in their dancing.” The dance team has also begun taking time at the end of practice to turn off all the lights and play a worship song so people can lay down and pray, or just dance or worship in their own way. While the women have different dances planned, the main event of the year, and the time when their skills come through the most, is at their spring show when they perform eight to nine dances in different styles.
Abilene Philharmonic Orchestra performs Percussion and Premiere at the Abilene Civic Center beginning at 7:30 p.m. Admission varies from $18-$42. Michael Payne performs at Mezamiz Coffee House in the evening. Admission is free, but purchase at Mezamiz is encouraged. Sunday, Sept. 21
Leaving Ruin a Summit production performed and written by one man begins at 8:30 p.m. in Fulks Theatre. Admission is free. Monday, Sept. 21
Weeds in the Wildflowers a Summit concert begins at 8:30 p.m. in Chapel on the Hill. Admission is free. Coffee House: The Hobbit a conversation on gospel truth in the 21st century in the Brown Library at 8:30 p.m. Admission is free. Tuesday, Sept. 22
Def Poetry Slam begins with attitude at 8 p.m. in at The Inkwell is Chambers Hall. Admission is free.
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The band In My Ending playing at the opening night show at The 22.
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Local bands create music venue Josh ramseur arts reporter The 22 opened to provide a place for locals and all bands to play in. Unlike most venues that are owned by one person, The 22 is a community-run facility. “The story behind The 22 is that it’s a bunch of guys who love music and who want to see it change the way people live,” said Dylan Hayward, guitarist in the band Revivalist. “So, we started our own place to bring all music together under one roof.” Hay ward and Vincent Tucker, local promoter and owner of Kzita Management Company, are credited with coming up with the idea for the community center. The 22 is funded solely by donations and is a place where different types of music scenes come together in Abilene. “Abilene may seem to be a culturally stagnant, crusted-over place upon first glance, but the recent development of an all-ages
music venue and community center has shown the true heart of this Texas city’s burgeoning music scene,” Tucker said. “The 22, so named for its address, 2252 S. 14th St., right across from McMurry University, is a community space opened this past week by a group of local punk bands, specifically the bands Revivalist and We Live Like Thieves.” Hay ward had the idea for The 22 while driving by the space while it was for lease. Hay ward then contacted Tanner Coker, drummer for Revivalist, and Tucker, who had been booking many of the shows in the scene for over a year. All the members of the band and Tucker, who had the idea for an all-ages venue for a year, seemed to have the same vision for the community space and collectively worked together to make the dream a reality. “Music is just the catalyst we chose to bring change to a generation,” Hay ward said. “Find something you enjoy and see if you can find other people who enjoy the
same thing. That’s how we will move forward as a human race. Love and progress.” After conferring with the owners of local music hub, The Record Guys, they were ready to open The 22 for its first show. It was good timing that a touring band from California, Pullman Standard, had a gig drop out the previous night and met Eric Knighton, lead singer for We Live Like Thieves, at Whataburger. Knighton invited them to play the opening show, one that Standard said was one of the best on their tour. “It feels amazing having it up and running,” Hay ward said. “I truly believe that God wants to see a change in this outlet, along with every other positive and edifyingto-Jesus outlet there is. It just takes inspiration, vision, motivation and people who care to start a movement.” contact ramseur at jar11b@acu.edu
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Soccer set to begin conference play daniel zepeda sports director Conference play begins for the women’s soccer team as the Wildcats take on Southland teams at Sam Houston Friday and Houston Baptist Sunday. The Wildcats will open up with SHSU for the second year in a row in hopes of repeating the success in conference the team had last year. “Both these schools have played a pretty tight schedule like we have, and it seems like they’ve had decent results,” said Casey Wilson, head coach. “I imagine that, as we go along with the Southland Conference, there will be a lot of parody, and it’s going to be a battle.” The Wildcats enter conference play with a 3-5 record. The team has faced stiff competition, facing North Texas, Texas Christian and, recently, seventh, ranked Texas Tech. “These games have been
huge confidence boosts both on and off the field for us,” said Kelsie Roberts, sophomore defensive from Lucas. “We got off to a slow start this year and lost to some really tough teams, but in every game, we felt like we deserved to be on the same filed and were in the mix the whole game.” Sam Houston has only won one out of seven games it has played so far this season. Its latest loss was against TCU in Huntsville. In their past three games, the Bearkats have been outscored 9-2 but are still a formidable conference foe. Similarly, the Huskies of Houston Baptist have gotten off to a slow start, going 1-5 with a tie against the University of Houston ending in double overtime. North Texas defeated HBU 2-0 in the Huskies final non-conference game before ACU. “I think if we can play like we did against Tech for the full 90 minutes, we will have no problem coming out on top this weekend,”
said Taylor Brown, senior forward from Southlake. “We saw what we can do Sunday when we realized that we are playing for a bigger purpose, which is each other and God. If we can all give that same effort, heart and passion next weekend, and the rest of season, we will be unstoppable.” Last year, ACU defeated both the Bearkats and the Huskies, 2-1 and 1-0, respectively. The Wildcats overcame a one goal deficit with two minutes remaining against Sam Houston to claim the win. Against Houston Baptist, Sydney Newton, sophomore goalkeeper from Mansfield, saved seven shots on a total of 22 shots faced to secure her first career shutout. The match against Sam Houston is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. in Huntsville. The Wildcats will then make the two and a half hour trip to Houston to face the Huskies at 1 p.m. Sunday. paige otway Staff Photographer
Senior Sarah Schoch and the Wildcats look to play Sam Houston in their first conference match of the year.
standings football Standings
Team
Div.
Lamar SELA SFA MSU ACU
0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
UCA NSU SHSU HBU Nicholls St. UIW
Ovrl 2-1 2-1 2-1 1-1 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-3 0-2 0-3 0-3
soccer Standings
Team SELU SFA UCA Nicholls St TAMU-CC ACU NSU MSU Lamar HBU SHSU UIW
Div. 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
Ovrl 7-0-1 4-0-2 4-2-1 4-0-3 1-2-2 3-5-0 3-5-0 2-4-1 2-5-0 1-5-1 1-6-0 0-7-0
volleyball Standings contact zepeda at djz11a@acu.edu
Wildcats face familiar Cardinals collin wieder sports editor The ACU Wildcats return to Shotwell Stadium this weekend to take on longtime rival Incarnate Word at 3:05 p.m. The Wildcats enter Saturday’s game coming off a 14-point comeback win against FBS opponent Troy. ACU also starts Southland Conference play against Incarnate Word ending their non-conference gauntlet at 1-2. Ken Collums, head coach, is happy with his teams performance heading into Saturday. “To go into a hostile environment and win a game against Troy tells me that these guys have something,” Collums said. “I would’ve rather of seen us play that out with three wins but your not going to win every game.” ACU’s offense looks to continue on its already strong season in large part to the play of sophomore quarterback Parker McKenzie. McKenzie was named Southland Conference offensive player of the week for the second time this year. He has started off well this season going 69-for-96 for 880 yards with eight touchdowns and four interceptions. The sophomore has had a lot of help from a rising receiving corps led by Demarcus Thompson, senior wide receiver. Thompson leads the team in in receptions with 20 and in yards with 232. The biggest surprise of the season has to be junior big play receiver Cedric Gilbert, though. Gilbert has only five catches on the season but for 183 yards and three touchdowns. ACU’s run game looks to build on last week’s 181-yard outburst. They will have do so without junior running back Herschel Sims who will miss Saturday’s game with an ankle injury. Freshman De’Andre Brown and sophomore Adrian Duncan will have to carry the load. Brown and Duncan have the only two rushing touchdowns from the running backs this season. The offensive game plan has shifted from week to week, but McKenzie thinks there is no problem with that. “We are looking for whatever works,” McKenzie said.
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Team
Div.
MSU SHSU SFA TAMU-CC HBU NO UCA Nicholls St. NSU UIW SELA ACU Lamar
0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Ovrl 9-3 6-4 6-5 5-6 5-6 4-6 3-6 3-6 3-7 3-7 2-9 1-9 0-9
Who’s Hot Freshman tennis player Paul Domanski finished first in the team’s season Domanski opening match at the Walmart Open last weekend. Domanski defeated all three of his opponents in the Open.
briefings ACU football’s game against UIW will be aired on ESPN3 Saturday and Southland Conference TV. The game will also be designated as the P4X Foundation Classic to help raise awareness for pediatric cancer and in memory of Rex Fleming.
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Sophomore quarterback Parker McKenzie was named Southland Conference offensive player of the week for the second time this year. McKenzie has 880 yards this season with 8 touchdown passes and one rushing touchdown.
Junior quarterback Parker McKenzie was recognized as the Southland Conference’s Player of the Week for the second time this season. Through three games, McKenzie has completed 72 percent of his passes, for 880 yards and eight touchdowns. McKenzie led ACU to a 38-35 victory over FBS opponent Troy in Alabama last weekend. “We prefer balance if the running game works we will go with the run game.” On the defensive side, ACU is led by senior defensive end Nick Richardson who is second on the team in tackles with 21 and leads the team with 2.5 sacks and 6.5 tackles for loss. The defense will hopefully lower their
points per game average this week as they have allowed 33.3 points per game while the Incarnate Word offense has only averaged 5.3 points per game this season. Incarnate Word has also come off a rough stretch of games where they faced last years FCS champion North Dakota State, Sacramento
State and conference opponent Stephen F. Austin. The Cardinals come in with an 0-3 record after dropping all three games by a combined 129 points. The offense has been drastically hampered this year as starting quarterback Trent Brittain broke his ankle in the Cardinals’ first game of the season.
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out their quarterback situation since their starter went down, and they are dealing with two young guys,” Collums said. “We just need to play a good clean game and contact wieder at cpw11a@acu.edu
Upcoming Men’s tennis will travel to New Mexico Friday to play in the New Mexico Invitational starting at 8 a.m.
Women’s tennis heads to Oklahoma to compete in the Oklahoma Inviational The women’s team looks championship at the Open, Friday at 8 a.m.
Tennis teams head to Norman, Las Cruces collin thompson sports reporter The men’s and women’s tennis teams claimed victory at the Racquet Club Invitational in Midland and the Walmart Open in Abilene last weekend. After the men’s team split to compete in both tournaments, they will head off to Las Cruces, New Mexico for the New Mexico State Invitational Friday while the women’s team heads to Norman, Oklahoma for the Oklahoma Invitational. “I think we just need to do the same thing,” said
Nico Agritelley, sophomore from Dallas. “We did a lot of match play beforehand going into Midland, so I think we need to continue doing the same. Playing a lot of matches, playing a lot of sets and also get a lot of reps in on our own.” Agritelly beat Rice University’s No. 1 singles player and collected a doubles win with Gui Gesser, senior from Florianópolis, Brazil. “I think we were all really prepared,” Agritelley said. “We did a lot of match play the past couple of weeks beforehand. I think we’re all match tough and we’re all match ready. “
In his first collegiate tournament, Henry Adams, freshman form San Antonio, went 2-0 and reached the quarterfinals of mens flight No. 2 bracket with two 8-5 wins over players from New Mexico and Texas. “I think it was good for me as a freshman to kinda get my feet wet in the big college tournaments,” Adams said. “I think it gave me some more experience that I didn’t have before. I think it will definitely help me going into a tournament that we’re expected to do better than in a tournament where we’re the underdog like last weekend.”
to build off strong performances by multiple players, including Nada Marjanovic, junior from Ontario, Canada, Ansley Boarman, sophomore from Missouri City, Kaysie Hermsdorf, junior from Spring, and Lucile Pothier, freshman from Mouxy, France. Marjanovic won both the women’s singles and doubles titles in the Walmart Open when she defeated fellow Wildcat, Whitney Williams, freshman from Anchorage, Alaska. Marjanovic and her partner, Boarman, who captured the flight No. 2 women’s singles
defeated Williams and Carli Knezenich, freshman from Austin, in the finals. Hermsdorf and Potheir went 2-0 in doubles play at the Midland Invitational, reaching the women’s doubles quarterfinals. Potheir also won her first match of the flight No. 2 women’s singles against Tulsa’s Alba Escalona Perry. The New Mexico State Invitational and the Oklahoma Invitational start at 8 a.m. Friday. contact thompson at cnt13c@acu.edu
Volleyball goes on the road to Lubbock to this Friday to play a doubleheader against Texas Tech at 12 p.m. and Air Force at 4 p.m. Women’s soccer travels to Huntsville this Friday to take on Sam Houston State at 6:30 p.m. Football plays rival Incarnate Word at 3:05 p.m. Saturday at Shotwell Stadium.