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All eyes on Lectureship as ICOC returns: ‘Conversation’ planned between mainline Churches, breakway group many label a cult

February 6, 2004 by Kyle Peveto

By Kyle Peveto, Opinion Editor A planned Lectureship forum between prominent members of the International Churches of Christ and mainline Churches is attracting interest from many throughout the Christian community. The ICOC-which split from mainline Churches of Christ about 20 years ago, has been known as the Boston or Crossroads Movement, and ... [Read More…]

Enrollment steady as plans continue

February 4, 2004 by Paul A. Anthony

By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief Spring enrollment increased in both number of students and number of hours over last spring. Enrollment increased by 112 students over Spring 2003 to 4,403. A statement released by the university noted the figure is the second-highest for a spring semester. "I'm pleased with the spring enrollment," said ... [Read More…]

Cabinet gains new VP: Siburt to oversee Church Relations, doctor of ministry

February 4, 2004 by Jonathan Smith

By Jonathan Smith, Managing Editor Dr. Charles Siburt will assume several new responsibilities after being named vice president of Church Relations. The position is a high-level position in the university administration and makes Siburt part of the President's Cabinet. "It makes official a lot of things I've been doing unofficially," Siburt ... [Read More…]

Hockey team selling T-shirts: $4,000 league fees only partially offset by school aid

February 4, 2004 by Sarah Carlson

By Sarah Carlson, Staff Writer The ACU Roller Hockey team is selling T-shirts to raise money to pay for its approximately $4,000 league fees. The shirts come in either white or gray for $10 a piece, and Caleb Dickison, freshman exercise science major from St. Louis and team rookie, said the team "will sell them as long as they have them." The ... [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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]