By Steve Holt, Staff Writer Though official 12th day enrollment figures won't be released for a few more weeks, the administration and admissions officials are predicting enrollment to increase slightly from last school year. "We think it's going to be up a little bit," said executive vice president Jack Rich, who is the administrator over ... [Read More…]
Archives for August 2003
Overbooking creates crowded living conditions for freshmen: Edwards Hall temporarily houses about 30 men
By Kyle Peveto, Page Editor While new students met roommates and settled in for Welcome Week, 28 freshman men moved temporarily into Edwards, a sophomore residence hall, to live four to a room. More first-year men came to start the school year than there were rooms to house them. "There's no way to necessarily account for that," said Dr. Mimi ... [Read More…]
‘Can you hear me now?’ Third graders can
By Melanie J. Knox, Opinion Editor As I Wish How old were you when you got your first cellular phone? My dad bought mine when we moved in for Welcome Week. I'd never needed or thought about having one before that. Wherever I went, there were phones: houses, the mall and school. For the past three summers, I've been a counselor at camps and ... [Read More…]
Atypical Abilene: fines and crimes
By Jonathan Smith, Managing Editor "Do you like it out in Abilene?" It's a question that almost is certainly asked anytime I go back home to my hometown. I'll get this out of the way now; I love ACU, and there is no college that I'd rather be at. But that's not what they asked. They want to know about the city that I've managed not to explore in ... [Read More…]
SA restarts university’s TV station
By Jonathan Smith, Managing Editor The Students' Association's television station, SATV, is now running on channel 24 on the campus cable system. Any student using the campus' cable system will be able to watch the station, and two televisions in the campus center will usually always be running it. The station is currently running mainly ... [Read More…]
Chapel changes based on study: Task force spent last semester discussing, deciding new policies
By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief After months of study, the Chapel Task Force's decisions on the program's future were made public Tuesday as a number of changes were announced and came into effect. The task force's eight recommendations, all accepted by President Royce Money and his Cabinet, reflected a semester's worth of discussion, ... [Read More…]
Campbell hired to replace departed Jarrett
By Steve Holt, Sports Writer In cases of coaching changes, it's rare that both the departing and arriving coaches end up with their "dream job." Not so with Vince Jarrett and Mike Campbell. On Aug. 9, it was announced that Campbell, a high school golf coach from Andrews, would be replacing the veteran ACU golf coach Jarrett, who earlier in the ... [Read More…]
Letter from the Editor: Trust between journalists and audience imperative
By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief Journalism has seen better summers. A quick rundown will prove the point easily enough: * The New York Times was rocked by a scandal in which reporter Jayson Blair was discovered to have plagiarized stories, made up facts and fabricated datelines. He was quickly dismissed, and editor Howell Raines and managing ... [Read More…]
McCaleb, Mosley splitting athletic duties: Both act as athletic directors in lieu of Hays’ departure
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor When Shanon Hays announced his resignation as ACU's director of athletics to coach basketball at Midland College last April, there was the initial surprise from Vice President Gary McCaleb. After all, McCaleb, who oversaw school athletics, had helped bring in the 35-year-old Hays less than a year before. "I was ... [Read More…]
Former ACU athletes run in Pan-Am Games
By Steve Holt, Sports Writer Two former Wildcat track and field athletes placed first in their events at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Repub-lic, Aug. 5-9, but only one got to bring home a gold medal. Stephen Moore, a Plainview native and 1998 ACU graduate, won the gold medal in the men's decathlon at the prestigious ... [Read More…]