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Christina Burch
Contributing Reporter
Students control the fate of
several faculty members in
the Alpha Kai Omega “Kiss
a Pig” fundraiser starting
on Thursday.
Students can place mon-
ey in the jar of the faculty
member they’d most like to
see kiss a pig. The jars will
be in the McGlothlin Cam-
pus Center from Thursday
until Oct. 1. The money
will be tallied, and the fac-
ulty member with most will
have to pucker up with the
barnyard animal on Oct.
2 in the campus mall area
next to the GATA fountain.
The potential pig-
kissers include Dr. Phil
Schubert, president of the
university; Dr. Jean-No el
Thompson, vice president
and dean for Student Life;
Dr. Richard Beck, chair of
Department of Psycholo-
gy; and Mark Lewis, assis-
tant dean for Spiritual Life
and Chapel programs in
Student Life. Each faculty
member will have their
STUDENT LIFE
Faculty
kiss pigs
to raise
money
Social Clubs initiate pledges, adjust to changes on Bid Night
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Cason Mclnturff, senior animal science major from Nashville, right, talks to his brother Colton Mclnturff, sophomore animal science major from
Nashville, left, at the beginning of a Galaxy pledging activity on the front lawn of the Mabee Business Building at the start of Bid Night.
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iblings supporting water-
M ■ melons, Slavs lugging milk
jugs and NuNus wearing
colorful costumes flooded
1 W campus along with eight
other social clubs, as club
members put 350 pledges through Bid
Night on Friday.
The number of pledges increased for
most clubs this year and pledging over-
all increased 36 percent for female clubs
and 30 percent for male clubs. Women’s
clubs have 213 pledges and men’s clubs
have 137, up from the 160 women and
107 males who pledged last year.
Mauri Westbrook, director of student
organizations, said the reason for the
increase could be attributed to more
women deciding to pledge the smaller
clubs. She also said this year’s sopho:
more class is larger than previous years,
which could also have been a factor in
the large amount of pledges.
The women’s social club, GATA, has
37 pledges this year, up from 5 pledges
last year.
GATA President Bonnie Kellum, se-
nior psychology major from Allen, said
the club found a great group of girls this
year who are excited about pledging.
“Last year we were much smaller,
so we’ve been really advertising that it
is our big year to come back, and we’re
well on our way to that,” Kellum said.
Men’s club, Gamma Sigma Phi, was
down from 46 pledges to 37 pledges
this year. President of GSP, Bryan Elrod,
senior marketing major from Missouri
City, said he couldn’t be happier with
the 37 who decided to pledge.
“It’s not about numbers,” Elrod said.
“It’s about the quality of guys we’re tak-
ing, and just how involved they’re going
to be and how much they are going to
make club a big deal in their life.”
Westbrook said an increase in pledg-
es is not the only change to pledging
this year. Some changes have also been
made to the pledging process.
see BIDS page 4
pictures displayed on the
collection jars.
“We wanted to get peo-
ple from all areas of cam-
pus to get involved, so we
encouraged big names to
volunteer,” said Alpha Kai
Omega president Michelle
Nix, senior family studies
major from Austin.
Vice president of Al-
pha Kai Omega Vanessa
Butler, senior art major
from Longview, came up
with the idea for this year’s
fundraiser.
see FUNDRAISER page 4
HEALTH
students’ Association
Health clinic offers flu shots
Laura Gasvoda
Contributing Reporter
Flu season is here, and
the ACU Medical Clinic is
working hard to vaccinate
students, faculty and staff.
Each year students are en-
couraged to get the shot;
especially those living in
residence halls on cam-
pus, as diseases spread
quickly in close quarters.
A special incentive will be
offered this year.
“Residence Life and the
Medical Clinic are partner-
ing to offer $500 towards a
residence hall party for the
residence hall that has the
highest percentage of stu-
dents vaccinated with the
current flu shot,” says Dr. El-
len Little, physician and di-
rector of the Medical Clinic.
The shots are available
in the clinic, located on
the ground floor of McK-
inzie Hall and in the Cam-
pus Center after Chapel on
Thursday, Sept. 23.
“The flu shot is $15 and
can be charged to the stu-
dent’s Banner account,” said
Dr. Little. “If the student car-
ries health insurance, a re-
ceipt can be obtained from
the medical clinic and filed
for reimbursement.”
Also, students who get the
shot off-campus can bring a
record of their vaccination,
and it will be entered into
the computer for the com-
petition. The last day of the
competition is Nov. 19th.
Dr. Jeff Arrington, associate dean of Student Life, receives
his flu shot from Julie Danley, R.N. in the ACU Medical
Clinic Tuesday Sept. 21 in preparation for flu season. ■
Even with incentives, not
everyone is interested in get-
ting the shot. Freshman Dy-
lan Brugman said he does
not plan to get the flu shot.
“I haven’t had the flu in
like 10 years. I’d rather risk
getting the flu maybe once
see FLU page 4
SA allocates funds
to student groups
Jeff Craig
Managing Editor
The Students’ Association
voted to allocate nearly
$38,000 to 40 student or-
ganizations across campus
Sept. 15. The groups re-
quested a combined total
of more than $71,000 from
SA, whose fall budget con-
sists of $90,000 in revenue.
In addition to funds allo-
cated for student organiza-
tions, the remainder of the
SA budget is set aside for SA
officer salaries and opera-
tional expenses. The total
budget for all SA executive
officer salaries in the fall
2010 budget is $17,280, and
all other SA officer salaries
total $6,480. SA will spend
$3,661 on operational ex-
penses and $1,375 on Colle-
giate Cards. The remainder
of the budget went to stu-
dent development expens-
es, class allocations and the
congressional budget.
SA Treasurer Chris Shim,
senior finance major from
Lawrenceville, Ga., said
changes were made this sum-
mer to ensure more funds
could be allocated to clubs.
“We sat down and
looked at expenses from
see BUDGET page 4
inside
website
weather
news
The band, Kansas,
will play alongside
the Flardin-Simmons
University Orchestra on
Saturday.
page 3
sports
The ACU Wildcat
football team won its
first home game against
the East Central Tigers
on Saturday.
page 7
video
Watch social club
members and
pledges participate in
traditional Bid Night
activities.
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