Archives for January 2004

Letter from the Editor: Staff works to restore trust with readers

January 30, 2004 by Paul A. Anthony

By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief We messed up. In Friday's editorial, the Editorial Board raised what we thought were valid concerns about the Office of Campus Life's growth in relation to the university's planned cuts. We had organizational charts from the past five years that we thought showed additional personnel in several departments, ... [Read More…]

Volunteer Opportunities for Jan. 30, 2004

January 30, 2004 by Optimist Staff

Volunteers are needed to provide childcare during Lectureship Feb. 22-25. There are morning and evening sessions that need to be covered. Habitat for Humanity needs volunteers to help with a marathon Feb. 14. It needs people to tend to refreshment tables and pass out water to the runners from 7:30-11:30 a.m. The International Rescue Committee ... [Read More…]

Reward offered in incident: Seven trucks called to scene after extinguisher emptied

January 30, 2004 by Lori Bredemeyer

By Lori Bredemeyer, Copy Editor Smoke from an emptied fire extinguisher forced the evacuation of Edwards Hall last week and has led to a reward offer for any information relating to the incident The hall's smoke alarm went off Jan. 18 at about 4:15 a.m., awakening the residents and director Jason Craddock. Craddock said the fire panel indicated ... [Read More…]

Police Log: 01/30/2004

January 30, 2004 by Optimist Staff

Jan. 19, 2004 9:00 p.m. Escorted student from Morris Hall to Gardner Hall Jan. 20, 2004 5:48 a.m. Received report of the smell of gas in the Administration Building. Checked building and was unable to locate any problem 11:10 a.m. Fire alarm at the Library. Checked location, all OK 1:05 p.m. Suspicious subject looking in vehicles. Unable ... [Read More…]

Indoor team competes at Tech for second straight weekend

January 30, 2004 by Steve Holt

By Steve Holt, Sports Writer Texas Tech, ranked No. 14 nationally, will play host to ACU and numerous other track and field programs Saturday at the Red Raider Classic in Lubbock. The defending Division II national champion men's team will try to use strong competition from Tech and other teams to add to the five athletes who qualified at last ... [Read More…]

Process needed more students, officials say: Schubert, VanRheenen discuss concerns with SA, ISA members

January 30, 2004 by Paul A. Anthony

By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief The university should have considered giving students a say in its most recent round of budget cuts, Vice President of Finance Phil Schubert told the Students' Association Wednesday. The statement came in the middle of a 45-minute session in which Schubert and Provost Dwayne VanRheenen addressed questions and ... [Read More…]

SA plan presented as chance for students to ‘step up’

January 30, 2004 by Paul A. Anthony

By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief Student Congress debated for nearly three hours Wednesday the wisdom and placement of a plan designed to help the university administration with its $5 million shortfall. The so-called "Faith Plan" calls for weekly prayer times, as well as a day of prayer and fasting for the university and possible fund-raisers ... [Read More…]

Most upgrade problems fixed: Program problems repaired, computer registering continues

January 30, 2004 by Lori Bredemeyer

By Lori Bredemeyer, Copy Editor Students returning to school found they were required to register their computer, and most faced difficulties with myACU, although most of the problems have been extinguished, said James Langford, director of web integration and programming. The most recent and ongoing problem has been the outage of the files tab ... [Read More…]

University must remember those we lost

January 30, 2004 by Optimist Editorial Board

Friends remembered one thing above all about Dunni Bakare: her smile. "Dunni's smile could break any ice," said Tosin Oyedele, a fellow Nigerian student and one of Dunni's best friends. "She would break you with that smile." Dunni, sophomore biology major from Lagos, Nigeria, and four other Nigerian students died in a car accident near ... [Read More…]

Worm did little to affect network: Registration system helps find, clean infected computers

January 30, 2004 by Jonathan Smith

By Jonathan Smith, Managing Editor The campus network survived the biggest Internet worm attack ever with only a significant slowdown of the network of two or three hours, said Dr. K.B. Massingill, chief information officer. The worm, known as MyDoom, affects computers running Microsoft Windows operating systems. Once infected, the worm finds all ... [Read More…]