The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 13, Ed. 1, Friday, October 10, 1986 Page: 1 of 8
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Features
A student's home away from home p. 3
Optimist
Sports
Football opens conference at ENMU p. 6
abilene christian university
volume 74 number 1 3 friday October 101 986
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Weird science
avid Gammill sophomore biology major from Greenville examines
0le contents of his beaker during an experiment in his General
Chemistry lab Wednesday afternoon in Foster Science Building. The
E. de
Thc first SCUBA diving course at
ACU will begin during the spring
semester.
The class will be open to 18 men
and 18 women said Lorraine
Wilson instructor of physical educa-
tion and aquatics director. The class
size is limited because of the
teacherstudent ratio specified by the
Professional Association of Diving
Jnstuctors said Wilson.
The students entering the class
will pay a $134 fee that provides the
T.
orum to begin Monday
By BONNIE CURTIS
Optimist staff
Jack Riehl area manager for the
Chicago market of J.C. Penney Co.
Inc. will open the Liberal Arts
Forum Monday at 6:55 a.m. when
he presents a speech in the Main
Room of the Campus Center.
Riehl who is in charge of service
stribution and manufacturing for
ne second largest J.C. Penney
market in the world will discuss the
topic "Tracing the Legend of King
Arthur" said Regi Ammons a
senior pre-law student from Olney
and organizer of the event.
Ammons said Riehl's Chicago
Shorts
Committee seeks student input
By THOMAS GRAHAM
Editor In chlel
A motion to allow men to wear knee-
length shorts has been proposed to
the Student Life Committee and will
be voted on in the Oct. 27 closed-
meeting. However members of the commit-
tee are seeking student input before
making their recommendation to Dr.
William J. Teague president of the
wiiversity.
"This committee would like to be
sensitive to students' feelings on this
matter" said Don Drcnnan
associate professor of accounting and
chairman of the Student Life Com-
mittee. "We want to encourage
input."
Equality in dress is the question
said Drennan. Should men be allow-
ed to wear knee-length shorts or
pt.offers SCUBA class
textbook diving tables wet suit
weight and belt mask tank and air
fills snorkel fins regulator
pressure gauge and buoyancy control
device.
Wilson said each student will be
using about $1000 worth of equip-
ment. Students also may use their
own equipment she said. The fee
will be negotiated depending on the
equipment they have Wilson said.
However students will be tested
on the front crawl underwater
market is responsible for $500
million in sales each year.
"I know some people will think
it's strange that a succesful
businessman like Jack Riehl is speak-
ing about King Arthur but that's
what this forum is nil about" said
Ammons. "We're trying to get
students to develop in themselves a
'Renaissance person one who seeks
a broader spectrum of knowledge."
Riehl his wife Laura and their
three daughters all of whom are
ACU alumni traveled to the United
Kingdom on what Riehl calls "a
documented search throughout the
United Kingdom for the facts
behind the myths surrounding King
should women be required to wear
ankle-length dresses and pants?
Members of the Srudent Life
Committee will be asking students
this question during the next two
weeks.
The dress code currently allows
women to wear knee-length shorts
while prohibiting the same for men.
However many men to choose to
ignore the rules prohibiting them
from wearing shorts on campus.
Drennan said the university needs
to establish a rule that it will stand
behind.
"Personally I'm for as few rules
as possible but strictly enforcing the
one's we have" said Drennan.
Kathy Young senior public rela-
tions major from Brownwood and a
member of the Campus Life Com-
mittee agrees with Drennan.
class was attempting a series of
copper and converting it from its
back again to a metal.
swimming and their ability to des-
cend to the bottom of a 12-foot pool
before they will be required to pay.
After the water skills test the class
will begin a scries of lectures and
pool instruction sessions.
The ACU policy concerning mix-
ed swimming will not be violated
she said. Men and women will alter-
nate swimming times during class
which will meet Mondays and
Wednesdays from 4-5:20 p.m.
In addition to the lecture and pool
Arthur" said Ammons.
Riehl has an interesting presenta-
tion with photographs concerning
his discoveries during the trip.
Riehl's speech is the first in a con-
tinuing series sponsored by the
Liberal Arts Forum. Ammons said
students can expect to see several
more "Renaissance men" on campus
before the semester comes to an end.
"I hope we get a good number of
students there" said Ammons. "We
all need to get experience outside of
our majors and eliminate tunnel vi-
sion in education."
A free continental breakfast will be
served he said. The presentation
will end in time for 8 a.m. classes.
"We need a rule that is going to be
enforced" said Young. "It bothers
me when they're wearing shorts and
we close our eyes on it."
Young said she favors making the
dress code more equal for men and
women but is not in favor of making
a recommendation without student
input.
Students should contact members
of the committee by mail or through
the Dean of Campus Life's office.
The members of the committee are:
Young Box 7384; Elaine Rainwater
Box 6608; Tod Brown Box 6941;
Eric Sides Box 7215; Jeri Pfeifer
Box 8195; Clare Galloway Box
8118; Tom Milholland Box 8185;
John Whitwell Box 8151; John
Smallwood Box 8232; Carl
Brecheen Box 8250; Tony Ash Box
8043; and Drennan Box 8314.
J. Mark KegansOptimist Stall
chemical reactions using metallic
original metal state to a liquid and
sessions students will be required to
make an open water dive. Wilson
said the class will make a trip to
Possum Kingdom to complete that
portion of the requirements.
If all the requirements are satisfac-
torily fulfilled she said the student
will be certified as an International
Open Water Diver by the PADI.
Wilson said this certification will
give the students "all they'll have to
have to dive for the rest of their
lives."
Catch me if I can't!
ite gife
Jorrod Vanlandingham sophomore public relations major from San
Diego Calif presses to a handstand while Ben Zickefoose
associate professor of physical education spots him in case of a
mishap during a gymnastics class Wednosday afternoon
Student views
differ about
new Chapel
By BRYAN HADDOCK
Optimist stall
A change in Chapel routine brought
about a variety of views concerning
the new experience - Tuesday's
small group Chapel.
Cynthia Cooke associate dean of
students said small group Chapel
allows students to become more in-
volved in Chapel. "Instead of one
song leader there are 51 song
leaders" she said. Some groups
break into even smaller sub-groups
to have a more personal atmosphere
she said.
"It gives you the opportunity to
meet people you would not know
from regular Chapel" said Shelly
Stumbo freshman fashion merchan-
dising major from Lubbock.
Although people get to know new
people it would be more enjoyable
attending Chapel with my friends
said Holly Carson freshman social
work major from Dayton Ohio.
Jana Pfremmer freshman sports
medical major from Encinitas Calif
said there are other ways of getting
to know people. "It just does not
seem like Chapel without
everyone" she said.
"I love regular Chapel. It is what
makes our university unique" said
Bonnie Glover a junior elementary
education major from Corpus
Christi. "Having thousands of
students meet created a feeling of in-
spiration. Now Chapel is like
another class" she said.
"Unlike usual before Chipel on
Tuesday everyone was going in dif-
ferent directions like different
classes" said Glover. "Having to
meet as a class with the same people
every week makes Chapel feel more
required" she said.
"I wouldn't like a small group"
said Debbie Pauls a junior social
work major from Halifax Canada.
"I like my Chapel group because
I'm in one of the larger groups" said
Pauls. With about 90 people it seems
like Chapel but allows for some
discussion too she said.
Many people who would never
Chip GrimosSpeclal to the Optimist
consider getting up in front of
thousands of people in Moody Col-
iseum will now be able to feel conv
fortable speaking in their group"
Cooke said.
Lisa Dampier junior speech
pathology major from Kingwoodj
said the new Chapel groups allow
more people to have an active part in
the worship. "By having a special
group only for women it opens
doors for women who want to
speak" she said.
In some groups however students
are not eager to be involved said
Alexia Thompson freshman
business major from Austin. "In our
group they told us that students
would be expected to lead the-sef-vices
but not many wanted to par-
ticipate" she said.
No one would sing because they
felt too intimidated in a small en-
vironment to participate Thompson
said. She said she hopes things will
seem less formal and people will
feel more comfortable.
Cooke said small group Chapel
will take time for students to adjust.
Right now people find it uncomfor-
table being with people they do not
know she said.
Cooke said students who have not
adjusted to the new situation should
have patience. After a while people
will be more comfortable and be
willing to make comments she said.
Small group Chapel will provide
at least one benefit over daily
Chapel said Dampier. Students will
probably benefit more from small
group Chapel because it will
eliminate the noise and distractions
associated with regular Chapel she
said.
But some feel tradition has been
broken said Glover. Although small
group Chapel meets only on Tues-
day it has given Chapel a new mean-
ing and affected Chapel all together
she said.
Dampier disagreed. Meeting in a
small group once a wee breaks up
the mundane repetition of meeting
five days of the week at the same
time and same place.
Rain
harms
crops
The recent rain has benefited as
well as hurt the Abilene area.
The National Weather Service
reports this month is already the
seventh wettest October in city
history and with two-thirds of the
month left some farmers are getting
worried.
While wheat and small-grain
farmers are enjoying the rain fall-
harvested crop farmers are suffering
its effects said Dr. F.M. Churchill
professor of agriculture.
Churchill said wheat and small
grains depend on fall rains for their
spring growth and will only benefit
from the rain. However he said fall-
harvested crops like peanuts and cot-
ton cannot be harvested until the
fields dry up.
Churchill who owns a peanut
farm in Cross Plains said the
ground is so saturated it may take
anywhere from two weeks to months
for the fields to completely dry up.
Peanut farmers must consider the
possibilities of peanuts rotting in the
ground or sprouting with sprouting
being the worst of the two.
He said he is not worried about
rotting or sprouting in his field yet
but if the rains continue it could
become a problem.
Cotton farmers also are affected by
the rain because the excess water in
the fields will probably lower the-
grade of the cotton Churchill said.
Some fields around Rosco are under'
several feet of water.
When asked what the farmers
could do to help dry up their fields
Churchill said "Pray."
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