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Friday, September 5, 2008
FROM THE FRONT
Page 4
School receives makeover
By Camille Vandendriessche
Assistant Copy Editor
Four signs and several
borders around flower beds
■ were added to the campus
' during the summer. The work
achieved by the Department
of Physical Resources offered
a refreshed place to new and
returning students, but the
biggest changes are still to
come, said Bob Nevill, direc-
tor of physical resources.
“We are developing a mas-
' ter plan to develop the cam-
pus uniformly,” Nevill said.
“An architect from Dallas
(Christopher Miller) is work-
ing with us to design the fu-
ture campus landscape; there
will be a lot of change.”
Nevill said both east and
west sides of campus already
have been renovated since
last spring. He said the com-
ing changes will involve two
phases of reconstruction
around the Campus Center,
which will be achieved during
the next two summers. Nevill
estimates the two-phase proj-
ect will cost a little more than
$3 million.
“It is terribly expensive;
we have to do it in two phas-
es,” Nevill said. “We’ll do it
in the summer because we’ll
tear up areas that have lots
of traffic.”
Nevill said several other
landscaping projects are be-
ing designed. One of them
will consist of hanging ban-
ners on the poles along the
Lunsford Walking Trail;
these flags will symbolize
all the countries and states
that represent the student
body at ACU. Neville also
said another project is the
expansion of Gibson Center
to build a wellness and rec-
reation center.
E-mail Vandendriessche at:
cxv06a@acu.edu
Kat Patton :: staff photographer
Construction continues to dominate the landscape in front of the Bob Hunter Welcome Center.
Fair: College Student Day
offers free admission Friday
They'll have several different
shows. Some top quality livestock
will come in here — some of the
best in the country.
:: Ed Brokaw, professor of agriculture and environment
Fantasy: 14 million people play
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go to the rodeo.”
The first discount day
-will be Friday, College Stu-
dent Day, when college stu-
dents will be admitted all
day free with current college
ID. On Monday the Fair will
have Dollar Ride Night, and
Thursday from 5 p.m. to 10
p.m., it will sponsor Can-
tastic Night, when students
can receive free admission
to the Fair for bringing six
Coca-Cola cans.
The West Texas Fair &
Rodeo Parade will march
through downtown Abilene
-beginning at 10:30 a.m. Sat-
urday. Larry Hall of Lawrence
Hall car dealership will be
the grand marshal of the pa-
rade as dozens of marching
bands, floats, classic car’s and
clowns make their collective
ways through the streets.
The Rodeo part of the
Fair starts Tuesday and ends
next Saturday. Events in Tay-
lor County Coliseum will in-
clude tie-down roping, barrel
racing, steer wrestling, bare-
back riding, team roping and
bull riding.
Special exhibits also will
be shown at the Fair. Artists
Suzanne Starr and Anita Lane
will present their calligraphy
work Sunday from 2 p.m. to
5 p.m. in the Modern Living
Mall. China painting demon-
strations will be shown on
Saturday, and the Abilene
Wood Carver Club will have
a woodcarving presentation
Wednesday. Livestock and
food exhibits also will be set
up throughout the week.
“They’ll have several dif-
ferent shows,” Brokaw said.
“Some top quality livestock
come in here—some of the
best in the country.”
E-mail Freeman at: mxf04b@acu.edu
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business major from Austin,
said he plays fantasy football
as a way to reconnect with
friends from high school.
“We all play in a league,”
Anderson said. “It’s just fun
to get online and talk trash to
your old friends.”
Fourteen million people
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as the candidates were due
Thursday by 5 p.m. Each
candidate was required to
attend a meeting Thursday,
in which the election rules
were laid out.
If elected, students must
attend weekly Students’ Asso-
ciation meetings Wednesdays.
The first SA meeting will be
Sept. 17.
Senators and representa-
tives also will be required to
work at least 30 minutes each
play fantasy football every
year, according to the execu-
tive search firm Challenger
Grey and Christmas. Fantasy
football has transformed into
a national phenomenon. The
Internet provides players the
opportunity for live drafting
from anywhere in the world
as well as up-to-date statistics
and scoring.
week in the SA office.
Despite what some critics
may say about SA, Pulis, who
serves as the SA elections chair
as part of her vice-presidential
duties, said it is more than a
resume builder. Pulis said the
benefit SA brings to the ACU
community is to act as a voice
for students to correspond
with the administration to en-
sure their views on various is-
sues are known. .
Pulis pointed to a pub-
lic forum SA sponsored in
the spring when news broke
As fantasy football con-
tinues to grow, college stu-
dents may use it as a means
to relieve stress accumulated
through the rigors of day-to-
day student life.
“It’s just fun,” Anderson
said.
E-mail Knauth at: jmcnetwork@acu.edu
about the Mobile Learning
Initiative, where students
were able to ask questions
about the initiative.
Pulis said this year SA
would work to mirror benefi-
cial forums like the one last
spring and actively serve as
a voice for students.
“The goal of SA is to be
able to express concern and
ideas to the administration,”
Pulis said.
E-mail Johnson-Kim at: djj04a@acu.edu
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