McMurry War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 6, Ed. 1, Wednesday, February 3, 1999 Page: 4 of 4
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Wcdnsday Febuary 3 1999
Political development director
will visit McMurry soon
By Jasmine Mayfield
Dr. Luis Rubio director
general of CIDAC Center of
Research for Development
will be visiting the McMurry
campus the week of March
1. He will be the annual
Woodrow Wilson lecturer.
The lecture will focus on
United States-Mexico rela-
tions on which Dr Rubio is
an expert.
While on campus Dr.
Rubio hopes to visit several
classes in history politics
economics and business.
He would like to have dis-
cussions with the students
about Mexico's history poli-
tics economics and
NAFTA.
He has written and edited
twenty four books including
Mexico's Dilema: The Po-
litical Origins of Economic
Crisis. Dr. Rubio is also a
frequent contributor to many
newspapers such as The
"Abstract Art: A product of
the untalented sold by the
unprincipled to the utterly
bewildered. "
-Al Capp
War Whoop Staff
Sponsor: Pat Bennett
Associate Sponsors:
Tim Chandler
Gary Ellison
Staff:
Editor:
Kenny Lantrip
Staff Writers:
Susan May
Jasmine Mayfield
David Shaver
Erin Lenoir
Brian Valcnzucla
Cartoonist:
Sharon Baird
Photographers:
Kelly Noel
Cody Prather
Washington Post and The
Los Angeles Times.
Before he joined the
CIDAC Dr. Rubio served as
an adviser to Mexico's Sec-
retary of the Treasury and
was planning director of
Citibank in Mexico.
Dr. Rubio has had his
present occupation as direc-
tor general of CIDAC since
1 98 1 . He came into the busi-
ness because of interest and
experience.
"I wanted to understand
Mexico and help shape its
future" Dr. Rubio explained.
Students encouraged to "make
a difference" for children
By Jasmine Mayfield
The most significant con-
tribution a person can make
to a child is to give the gift
of himself or herself.
Abilene is fortunate to have
a unique service called Big
Brothers Big Sisters (BB
BS) of Abilene. They match
adult volunteers from all
walks of life and ethnic
backgrounds to children
from single-parent families
in Abilene.
Their professional staff
provides careful screening
training and supervision to
insure that everyone in-
volved receives the maxi-
mum benefit of BBBS.
Mrs. Spence who teaches
Servant Leadership strongly
encourages student's in-
volvement with all commu-
nity volunteer activities.
I think that anything you
can do for the community is
a learning experience for
you and it also looks great
on your co-curricular tran-
script and resumes" Spence
said.
Bigs must have their own
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"Deadline
a mystery
comedy by Kurt Kleinmann
of Dallas will run Feb. 1 1-
13 18-20 in Ryan. Dinner
at 7 p.m. curtain at 8 p.m.
Victoria Spangler directs
this homage to "film noir"
Cast includes Brandon
Ray James Bernsen George
Lcvesque Abigail Combs
Johnny Reyes Kris Ridgley
Donly Bixler and Donna
Logan.
Developing the "film noir"
theme the sets of the play
are exclusively in black and
white and the actors will be
made up to match.
transportation and make a
commitment of six to eight
hours a month. Littles are
between the ages of six and
fifteen years old who are
raised by a single parent.
Bigs are special people.
They are warm caring indi-
viduals who want to make a
positive contribution to the
community and be a terrific
influence in the life of a
child. If this sounds like
you call BBBS at 677-
7839. As the BBB.S pamphlet
states "A hundred years
from now it will' not matter
what my bank account was
the sort of house I lived in
or the kind of car I drove . . .
but the world may be differ-
ent because I was important
in the life of a child."
"In a few minutes a com-
puter can make a mistake so
great that it would take
many months to' equal it. "
-Merle L. Meachum
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YOUR IDEAS 727 S. Treadaway
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letter lO
Dear Editor:
We wish to pose this
question to the student
body: What is the defini-
tion of a non-traditional
student? Is the non-
traditional student the
young father or mother
whether wed or single? Is
a non-traditional student
the older person attending
school after experiencing
the "empty nest syn-
drome?" Is a non-traditional
student the person who
waited a couple of years
after high school to attend
college? Is a non-traditional
student the person
who is returning to school
for the second time?
Even though these people
may be varied in ages we
see that they all have one
thing in common. They all
have family responsibili-
ties possibly work com-
mute to school and per-
haps commitments to
community affairs.
Who is to decide any of
these people is not a non-
traditional student based on
the single factor of AGE?
Today a person can have
family responsibilities at
just about any age.
After talking to some of
the younger people who
are trying to become
involved in the McMurry
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Non-Traditional Student's
Organization we have
learned that they feel less
than welcome by some of
the older students in the
organization. We feel this
is on the basis of their
young age.
Although a twenty year
old mother is closer in age
to an eighteen year old
"traditional" student she
has little in common with
the eighteen year old.
They have different lives
different interests and
different needs and wants.
So where does the twenty
year old fit in on campus?
Aside from attending
classes she has little else
to do at the school before
going back to her family
life.
Where can she go for
support and refuge if she
feels isolated from her
peers and from the
McMurry Non-Traditional
Student's Organizations?
Since McMurry University
is supposed to be a Chris-
tian school we would
think that students of all
ages would be joyously
welcomed.
Sincerely
Ann-Marie Lopez
Shamika Jones
Marie Soliz
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McMurry War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 6, Ed. 1, Wednesday, February 3, 1999, newspaper, February 3, 1999; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth104607/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting McMurry University Library.