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Chapels
remaining
8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
Social Club women’s
ranking in the Living
Room of the McGlothlin
Campus center
11:30 a.m. Gamma
Sigma Phi rush
5 p.m. Galaxy rush
9 p.m. Trojans rush
5:30 p.m. VAHS interest
meeting in Bible
building room 250
6:30 p.m. Frater Sodalis
rush
8 p.m. Sub T-16 rush
9:30 p.m. Pi Kappa rush
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Social Club Men's
ranking in the the living
room of the McGlothlin
Campus center
6 p.m. -10 p.m. Jamfest
Auditions in the living
room of the McGlothlin
Campus Center
7 p.m. Football game
at Notheastem State
University
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volunteer opportunities
The United Way of
Abilene needs volunteers
on Wednesday, Sept. 8
for the Day of Sharing
and Campaign Kickoff. A
volunteer photographer
is needed to take pictures
of various projects during
the day. They need a pro-
fessional quality digital
camera, and a computer
capable of transferring
„ images from the camera
to thumb drive or cd. Oth-
er volunteers are needed
throughout the day to
assist community part-
ners in a variety of ways.
Students may sign up
as individuals or teams.
Contact lauren@united-
wayabilene.org, or office@
unitedwayabilene. org
Meals on Wheels needs
volunteers to deliver noon
meals to seniors and adults
with disabilities. Routes
are available 11 a.m. -1
p.m. Monday - Friday.
Volunteers must be at least
18, with a valid drivers li-
cense, auto insurance and
desire to serve. Training is
provided. Students may
be exempted from one
Chapel per week if delivery
time conflicts with Chapel.
Contact Elizabeth Rodgers
at erodgers@mealson-
wheelsplus.com.
Ortiz Elementary School
Library would like volun-
teers to help with checking
in and shelving books, and
also help with some special
projects. This can be done
Monday - Friday. Contact
Nancy Hartline at 325-
671-4945 or e-mail nancy.
hartline@abileneisd. org.
Mesa Spring Healthcare
Center needs volunteers
8am-5pm any day of the
week to help with provid-
ing fun activities for the
residents, from playing a
musical instrument to call-
ing bingo to sitting and talk-
ing with them. Any help is
appreciated. Please contact
Laura Reynolds at (325)692-
8080 or lgreynolds@sears-
methodist.com
Aimee’s Art Studio is seek-
ing volunteers Tuesday
from 9-10 a.m. or 1:30-
2:30 p.m. to assist with
home school fine arts
classes. No formal art skills
or training is required.
They are a 5-minute walk
from ACU’s campus. For
more information, please
contact Aimee Williams at
(325)672-9633 or williams-
barryaimee@gmail. com.
Day Nursery of Abilene
needs volunteers to help
with their annual Putt
Fore Children Miniature
Golf Tournament from
8 a.m. - 2 p.m. on Satur-
day, Oct. 2 at Prime Time
Family Entertainment
Center. Contact Sheila
Cory at 325-673-1110 or
e-mail scory@daynurs-
eryabilene.org
announcements
The Paramount Theatre
will show the film Nine:
The Musical at 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 10. Tickets are $6 for
adults and $5 for students,
seniors, military and
children.
Friday Sept. 10, is the last
day to withdraw from class
with a 60% refund.
Students’ Association
Congress applications
are available for pick-up
in the SA office. They will
be available until 5 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 9.
Meningitis shots are now
available in the ACU clinic
located in McKinzie Hall.
Call (325) 674.-2151 for
more information.
Blake Mycoskie, founder
of TOMS shoes will speak
during Chapel on Sept. 13
in Moody Coliseum.
SALT, ACU’s Student Ac-
tion Leadership Team, is
accepting applications
until Sept. 10. Students
can pick them up in the
Center for Christian
Service and Leadership
in the lower level of the
McGlothlin Campus
Center.
New Collegiate Cards
are now available in the
Students’ Association of-
fice, located downstairs in
the McGlothlin Campus
Center.
Study Abroad Fair will be
held from 11 a.m. -1:30
p.m. Sept. 13 and Sept. 15
in the McGlothlin Campus
Center.
Sing Song Host and Host-
ess informational meet-
ing will take place at 11:45
a.m. on Sept. 25 in Cullen
Auditorium.
Omega Dance Co. will
hold a workshop at 6 p.m.
on Sept. 9 in University
Church of Christ and 6 p.m.
Sept. 10 in the Williams
Preforming Arts Center
lobby prior to auditions at
10 a.m. on Sept. 11 at Uni-
versity Church of Christ.
Social Club Men’s Cof-
fee will be held at 2 p.m.
Sept. 2 in various places
around campus.
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STUDENT LIFE
New student group
promotes local food
Kelsi Williamson
Arts Editor
The word “locavore”
may sound like a fos-
sil description, but be-
cause of this new word,
a new club will meet
regularly on campus
starting this week.
“Locavore” is used to
describe people who eat
mostly locally produced
foods in an effort to sup-
port regional food econ-
omies and live healthy
lifestyles.
According to their mis-
sion statement, the ACU
Locavore Club wants “to
promote the health, en-
vironmental, social and
spiritual benefits of lo-
cally grown food, and to
participate in sustain-
able, small-scale agricul-
tural systems.”
Matthew Hale, senior
communication major
from Uvalde, and Evelyn
Henshaw, senior com-
munication major from
San Diego, Calif., are two
of the students organiz-
ing and leading the new
club. Both Hale and Hen-
shaw became interested
in local eating last spring
after taking a health com-
munication class taught
by assistant professor of
communication and Lo-
cavore Club sponsor, Dr.
Jonathan Camp.
During the past se-
mester, the class focused
* specifically on com-
munication around the
slow food movement,
said Camp.
Now Hale and Hen-
shaw want to educate
other students on the in-
formation they learned
about the food indus-
tries and the benefits of
eating locally.
Since the spring, Hale
has started a small sus-
tainable garden and tries
to eat at least three com-
pletely locally-produced
meals a week.
“How I go about buy-
ing food and preparing
food is completely dif-
ferent,” said Hale.
Along with the in-
formation presented in
Camp’s class, Hale and
Henshaw participated
in a few Weston A. Price
Foundation meetings.
“The foundation is
dedicated to restoring
nutrient-dense foods to
the human diet through
education, research and
activism,” according to
westonaprice.org.
The Abilene chapter
meets once a month and
teaches concrete ways
to practice local eating,
such as making home-
made sauerkraut.
“I think that caught
Matthew and I's inter-
est a lot,” said Henshaw.
“Especially as college
students, we want things
fast. But you can actu-
ally get natural, local
ingredients, and cook
them slow and in a bet-
ter way.”
The ACU Locavore
Club hopes to present
practical ways to learn
about local eating within
club meetings as well as
ways students can sup-
port the local food econ-
omy on their own. Hale
said teaching methods
will orovide the infor-
mation that is necessary
for someone to choose
to begin and maintain
the locavore lifestyle
“It’s like the more
knowledge you have, the
easier it is to make that
choice between, ‘do I
want to eat that snickers
bar or a nice zucchini
salad,’” he said.
Another club goal is
to eventually support a
community garden on
campus. Hale and other
club leaders are meeting
this week with admin-
istration to discuss this
possibility.
We have to work some
of those details out,” said
Camp. “What we know is
that we want it to be a
multi-purpose space.”
Underlying all of the
club’s goals is the belief
that food is more than
just food.
“It’s mainly about
food, but then the rest
follows,” Henshaw said
Hale believes that eat-
ing healthy from the local
economy not only im-
proves one’s health but
strengthens community
relationships between
consumer and producer
while fulfilling God’s call
of stewardship.
. “It ties into what God
says about being good
stewards,” Hale said.
“When you're taking
care of your temple, that
glorifies God.”
The club’s first meet-
ing is at seven p.m. on
Thursday in the Sherrod
Building, room 216.
contact Williamson at
kkw07a@acu.edu
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