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Volunteer Opportunities for Dec. 3, 2004

December 3, 2004 by Optimist Staff

The Virginia Beach Spring Break Campaign needs campaigners. The group will work in the inner city with the homeless and impoverished community. E-mail Jordan Swim at jas02f@acu.edu or Jordan Wesley at jew02h@acu.edu for more information. Campaigner spots are still available for the Portland, Ore., Spring Break Campaign. The campaign will work with ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Announcements

Grant goes to reading clinic: $100,000 will go toward buying new equipment, software

December 3, 2004 by Jaci Schneider

By Jaci Schneider, Opinion Editor The U.S. Department of Education awarded a $100,000 grant to ACU's Reading Clinic Nov. 20 as part of a spending bill approved by Congress. The university's Department of Education worked with the Office of Development to secure the grant, said Dr. Pat Simpson, director of the Reading Clinic and professor of ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News

Officers can now receive paycheck instead of scholarship

December 3, 2004 by Jonathan Smith

By Jonathan Smith, Editor in Chief The Students' Association twice voted to amend its bylaws and approved guidelines for a student leadership scholarship Wednesday in one of Congress' most productive meetings of the semester. After executive officers prepared members for a potentially marathon meeting, Congress-in near unanimous agreement on most ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: SA

New editor loses weight, gains insight

December 3, 2004 by Jonathan Smith

By Jonathan Smith, Editor in Chief Fifteen weeks as editor of the Optimist has taught me more than how to complete a front page from start to finish in less than three hours on deadline. When applying and interviewing for this job last semester, the newspaper adviser told me to be ready because I did not even know what would be in store for ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Columns

Forensics focuses on fun: Debate team works to qualify for nationals next summer

December 3, 2004 by Mallory Sherwood Schlabach

By Mallory Sherwood, Staff Writer For most, it would be about the trophy, the bragging rights or the sense of pride. Not in Abilene. For ACU's nationally ranked forensic team, this is what it all comes down to: team camaraderie, fellowship and friendship. The forensic team might not have advanced to nationals in Lincoln-Douglas debate at the ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News

English seeks new professor: Wade’s departure leaves department searching for substitute

December 3, 2004 by Sarah Carlson

By Sarah Carlson, Copy Editor A job advertisement has been placed in the December issue of the Christian Chronicle, and a search committee has been formed to find a replacement for Dr. Jonathan Wade, assistant professor of English and assistant director of the Honors Program. Wade is leaving at the end of the semester and moving to Cullowhee, ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News

Volunteer Opportunities for Dec. 1, 2004

December 1, 2004 by Optimist Staff

The Virginia Beach Spring Break Campaign needs campaigners. The group will work in the inner city with the homeless and impoverished community. E-mail Jordan Swim at jas02f@acu.edu or Jordan Wesley at jew02h@acu.edu for more information. Campaigner spots are still available for the Portland, Ore., Spring Break Campaign. The campaign will work with ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Announcements

Naimadu wins national title: Men’s team finishes third, Mwamba places

December 1, 2004 by Steve Holt

By Steve Holt, Sports Writer Nicodemus Naimadu made history on November 20. Barely. The freshman runner became only the second Wildcat ever to win the individual title at the NCAA Division II Cross Country National Championships, edging out Western State's Oliver Bodor by just one-tenth of a second at the championship meet in Evansville, ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Cross Country

Second Wind intramural team playing strong

December 1, 2004 by Lori Bredemeyer

By Lori Bredemeyer, Managing Editor The team on the intramural field could at best be described as unorganized. Their uniforms, if they could be called that, consist of various shades of red, and one player doesn't even match the team in her black T-shirt. As the flag football team, Second Wind, breaks from the huddle, instead of one solid word ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Intramurals

Thanksgiving travel raises safety concerns: Four students involved in wrecks while driving during holiday break

December 1, 2004 by Lori Bredemeyer

By Lori Bredemeyer, Managing Editor Drivers traveling during the Thanksgiving holiday encountered heavier traffic and more serious driving conditions, and a few students were involved in wrecks last weekend. Dr. Wayne Barnard, dean of Campus Life, said he knows at least four students who had wrecks during the break, although he does not have many ... [Read More…]

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