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by TRICIA ROSETTY
YJ ASS/STANTEDITOR
It's 10:41 on Inauguration
Day and the Howard Payne
administration has arranged
for a big-screen projection of
the day's events in the caf-
eteria. There are four students
present.
By the end ofthe convocation
by Rick Warren of Saddleback
Church and the beginning
of Aretha Franklin's unique
rendition of My Country 'Tis
of Thee, the number of stu-
dents has roughly doubled
and includes a similar num-
ber of faculty/staff members.
More students filter in as Vice
President Joe Biden takes the
oath of office, followed by
a less-than-perfect oath for
President Barack Obama.
For the record, while legal,photo courtesy~ of Brownwood Bulletin
John Wortham watches the inauguration with other
HPU students at the Acadamy of Freedom.the administration decided to
administer the oath again in
private.
President Obama gavean inauguration speech that
had the power and hope of
a sermon (his typical oratory
style) and the words and con-tent of a politically resolved
leader. Inauguration speeches
are notoriously vague, and
President Obama was inspir-
ing and formal.
The response from students
present, across the spectrum
of classification and ethnicity,
was reserved. Many students
did not have a comment or
opinion concerning the day's
event.
"I'm pretty neutral about it,"
said freshman Bobby Fields,
who wasn't able to vote. "I
wouldn't have voted [for
President Obama], but now
that I've seen some of his
ideas, it doesn't seem like it's
going to be too bad. I'm not
going to gripe or complain
now that he's our president,
even though I wish we'd got
someone else, but we've got to
work with what we got."Other students voiced apa-
thy or simply acceptance in
reaction to the transition.
"I'm just glad the elec-
tion's over and that we have
a new president," said senior
Maranatha McLean. "I'm
ready for it all to settle down
and let him do his job."
Despite these lukewarm feel-
ings, some students seemed a
bit more optimistic.
"I guess it'll be a nice lit-
tle change of pace than what
we've had for the past eight
years - having not only
a president with a different
perspective but a democratic
president," said junior James
Freeman. "[I'm] looking for-
ward to seeing how many
things he's going to be able to
push through and how many
promises he's going to be able
to keep."Teel-Brewer reach round of 32 at I HPU 'Loose Coin Collection'
National Moot Court Tournament
by UNIVERSITY
NEWSSERVICES
The Howard Payne team
of Lauren Teel and Cara
Brewer advanced to the
round of 32 out of the 64
teams competing in the
American Collegiate Moot
Court Association (ACMA)
National Tournament
conducted Jan. 16-17 as
Chapman University School
of Law in Orange County,
Calif.
The two additional HPU
teams were comprised of
Jeremy McNutt and Brandon
Roderick, and Jon Beaubien
and Jennifer Middleton.
All three teams
advanced from the ACMA
Southwestern Regional
Tournament held Nov. 15-
16, 2008, at Texas TechUniversity School of
Law in Lubbock. At the
Lubbock competition, Teel
and Brewer advanced to
the Quarterfinals, McNutt
and Roderick advanced
to the Round of 16, and
Beaubien and Middleton
placed 17th out of 42
teams. Brewer received the
Fourth Best Oralist Award
and Teel received the
Ninth Best Oralist Award.
Andrew Bullard and Jordan
Humphreys also competed in
the Southwestern Regional.
A total of 218 teams com-
peted nationally with 64
teams qualifying for the
national tournament.
Additionally, Whitney
Knabel and Andrea Morgan
advanced to the Round of
16 in the Western Regional
held Dec. 5-6, 2008, atCalifornia State University,
Long Beach. Robert Davis,
Jonathan Murphy, Christina
Todo, and Jessica Zaldivar
also competed in the
Western Regional, where
Robert Davis received the
10th Best Oralist Award.
Moot Court is simulation
of the appeals court process
before the U.S. Supreme
Court. This year's case
focused on a university's
attempt to restrict protests
against the ROTC on cam-
pus and a due process claim
in which a student's finan-
cial aid was taken away for
violating the university's
speech policy.
The Gary D. Elliston Moot
Court Endowment Fund was
established in 2006 to pro-
vide. funding for the HPU
moot court program.YJ SUBMISSION
For the third consecu-
tive year, Student-Athlete
Advisory Committees
from all 15 American
Southwest Conference
member institutions are set
to join together in "Make
a Change in 14 Days," a
service project collecting
loose coins to raise funds
for a local charitable orga-
nization.
Arrangements are in
place to collect change at
local campuses over the
14-day period of January
26 through February 7 -
coinciding with the turn of
the conference divisional
basketball schedule.
Howard Payne's home
games during the "LooseCoin Collection" are Feb. 5
against Schreiner and Feb.
7 against Texas Lutheran.
Last year, the 15 confer-
ence SAAC groups com-
bined to raise $8,138.88
for charity. In two years,
over $10,000 has been
raised to benefit 24 differ-
ent organizations.
Louisiana College was
the top-earning mem-
ber SAAC in 2008 with
$3,323.81 going to Cabrini
Cancer Center and Rapides
Regional Life Center, both
of which focus on breast
cancer treatment.
More information about
"Make a Change in 14
Days" can be accessed on
the conference Web site.
Details for each individual
institution -can be found on
their athletics Web site.ge 3 January 29, 2009
Most students reserved over Obama's inaugurationgames will be Feb. 5, 7
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