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Lack of respect during Chapel disgraceful

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The seeming majority of ACU students managed to disgrace themselves yet again Wednesday. With a visitor on the Chapel stage and many more in the seats to the side, students decided they'd rather act more like high-schoolers than adults, talking and laughing to such excess it required one teacher to leave his seat and interrupt a noisy gaggle. Dr. ... [Read More…]

Chapel policy details abound: England monitors abuse of attendance, ID cards

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By Kyle Peveto, Arts Editor After Chapel officials made attendance policies more strict in the fall, many new steps were taken to enforce those policies. Some students are taking the brunt of the policies through probation. Two types of probation are given for disobeying Chapel policies. Students who are caught "sliding and gliding"-sliding into ... [Read More…]

Chapel time change possible: Task force releases just one potential recommendation

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By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief Chapel's daily time will change under the only proposed recommendation released to the public Tuesday. The Chapel Task Force, which has been routinely releasing ideas for the event's future for student and faculty review, presented just one proposed recommendation for a daily meeting time: 9 a.m. on Mondays, ... [Read More…]

Chapel group presents options: Ability to ‘make up’ Chapel absences is a probability

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By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief Future Chapel policy would include ways for students to make up Chapel absences if a probable Chapel Task Force recommendation is accepted. The committee released four future attendance policy options Wednesday, all of which include the make-up option. The task force asked students and faculty to comment on the ... [Read More…]

Absence policy should become more relaxed

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The Chapel Task Force released four Chapel attendance policy options to which students are asked to respond before the committee brings a final recommendation to Dr. Royce Money, president of the university. Of the four options, the Optimist supports No. 3. It includes the ability to make up Chapel absences, something all the plans include, and a ... [Read More…]

Chapel slams bubble twice

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Let's hear it for Chapel bursting the ACU bubble. Twice this week, speakers have delivered powerful, provocative, thoughtful statements of belief and conviction. First, Dr. Royce Money, university president, brought war into Chapel, correctly ascertaining the need for students to hear about his opinion and think about forming their own. Then, ... [Read More…]

Compromise clears way for SA Chapel speeches: Class Chapels moved to Moody for annual candidate addresses

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By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief A compromise has been reached that will continue campaign speeches during Chapel for at least one more year. Instead of candidates for Students' Association executive office speaking in Chapel April 2, as SA officials had asked, candidates will speak April 1 in place of Tuesday class Chapels, said Wayne ... [Read More…]

Leaders older, wiser, should be trusted

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Those malevolent, malicious administrators. They must hate us. I just can't see any other reason for the fact that they force us poor, oppressed students to attend Chapel day in and day out. They must hate the students. I mean why else would they force us to come together and worship God every single day of the week without letting us have ... [Read More…]

Students protest lack of involvement in Chapel: About 65 attend; effects of alternate program uncertain

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By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief A small group of students sat on the university mall Tuesday morning and conducted a chapel in protest of what they said is a lack of student involvement in recent Chapel decisions. "Worship on the Mall" attracted about 65 students, and its organizers said they were happy with the turnout. "I was pleased," ... [Read More…]

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